The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But ...
... manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But ...
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... manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But ...
... manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But ...
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... manners than either of the former . The charac- ter of Foresight was then common . Dryden calculated na- tivities ; both Cromwell and king William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to ...
... manners than either of the former . The charac- ter of Foresight was then common . Dryden calculated na- tivities ; both Cromwell and king William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to ...
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... manners were polite , and his conversa- tion pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the Spectator , and only one paper to the Tatler , though published by men with whom he might be ...
... manners were polite , and his conversa- tion pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the Spectator , and only one paper to the Tatler , though published by men with whom he might be ...
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... manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for , since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little ...
... manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for , since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little ...
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