The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... mentioned him with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The biographers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds in Yorkshire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt ...
... mentioned him with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The biographers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds in Yorkshire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt ...
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... mentioned him with respect ; and , among other tes- timonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his miscellany , and Pope inscribed to him his translation of the Iliad . But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for , having ...
... mentioned him with respect ; and , among other tes- timonies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his miscellany , and Pope inscribed to him his translation of the Iliad . But he treated the muses with ingratitude ; for , having ...
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... mentioned by enemies than by friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore of Corsham in Wiltshire , styled by Wood gentleman , and supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time edu- cated in a country school , he was ...
... mentioned by enemies than by friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore of Corsham in Wiltshire , styled by Wood gentleman , and supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time edu- cated in a country school , he was ...
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... mentioned , and was never seen by me till I bor- rowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is cor- rected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . 66 From this time he turned some ...
... mentioned , and was never seen by me till I bor- rowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is cor- rected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . 66 From this time he turned some ...
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... mentioned by Molineux . But that which Arthur with most pleasure heard Were noble strains , by Mopas sung , the bard , Who to his harp in lofty verse began , And through the secret maze of nature ran . He the Great Spirit sung , that ...
... mentioned by Molineux . But that which Arthur with most pleasure heard Were noble strains , by Mopas sung , the bard , Who to his harp in lofty verse began , And through the secret maze of nature ran . He the Great Spirit sung , that ...
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