The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But , if The Old Bachelor be more nearly examined , it will be found to be one of those ...
... characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But , if The Old Bachelor be more nearly examined , it will be found to be one of those ...
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... characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But , if The Old Bachelor be more nearly examined , it will be found to be one of those ...
... characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But , if The Old Bachelor be more nearly examined , it will be found to be one of those ...
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... characters . This , however , was received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and still continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made , either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are ...
... characters . This , however , was received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and still continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made , either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are ...
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... character had been already shewn in Love for Love . His art of pleasing is founded on á vulgar , but perhaps impracticable principle , and the staleness of the sense is not concealed by any novelty of illustration or elegance of diction ...
... character had been already shewn in Love for Love . His art of pleasing is founded on á vulgar , but perhaps impracticable principle , and the staleness of the sense is not concealed by any novelty of illustration or elegance of diction ...
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... character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation : - " The first I shall name is mr . Johnson , a gentleman that owes to nature excellent faculties and an elevated genius ...
... character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation : - " The first I shall name is mr . Johnson , a gentleman that owes to nature excellent faculties and an elevated genius ...
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