The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and , with all those powers , exalted and invigorated by just confi ...
... learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and , with all those powers , exalted and invigorated by just confi ...
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... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the ancients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the following quotation from ...
... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the ancients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the following quotation from ...
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... learning , that signifies nothing for the service of mankind ; and that , as to physic , I expressly affirmed that learning must be joined with native genius to make a physician of the first rank ; but , if those talents are separated ...
... learning , that signifies nothing for the service of mankind ; and that , as to physic , I expressly affirmed that learning must be joined with native genius to make a physician of the first rank ; but , if those talents are separated ...
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... learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom he has copied the faults , and very little more . He is for ever amusing himself with the puerilities of mythology ; his king is Jupiter , who , if the ...
... learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom he has copied the faults , and very little more . He is for ever amusing himself with the puerilities of mythology ; his king is Jupiter , who , if the ...
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... To these mournful narratives , I am about to add the life of RICHARD SAVAGE ; a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion , not always CO.
... To these mournful narratives , I am about to add the life of RICHARD SAVAGE ; a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion , not always CO.
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