The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... never make him suspected for a puritan ; he therefore ( 1698 ) published A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage , I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indig- nation . He was formed ...
... never make him suspected for a puritan ; he therefore ( 1698 ) published A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage , I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indig- nation . He was formed ...
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... never violated ; and when , upon the extrusion of the whigs , some intercession was used lest Congreve should be dis- placed , the earl of Oxford made this answer : Non obtusa adeo gestamus pectora Pœni , Nec tam aversus equos Tyriâ sol ...
... never violated ; and when , upon the extrusion of the whigs , some intercession was used lest Congreve should be dis- placed , the earl of Oxford made this answer : Non obtusa adeo gestamus pectora Pœni , Nec tam aversus equos Tyriâ sol ...
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... never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations . His comedies have therefore , in some degree , the operation of tragedies ; they surprise rather than divert , and raise admiration oftener than ...
... never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations . His comedies have therefore , in some degree , the operation of tragedies ; they surprise rather than divert , and raise admiration oftener than ...
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... never 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 ...
... never 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 ...
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... Never did any one express more kindness and good - nature to young and unfinished authors ; he promotes their interests , protects their reputation , ex- tenuates their faults , and sets off their virtues , and , by his candour , guards ...
... Never did any one express more kindness and good - nature to young and unfinished authors ; he promotes their interests , protects their reputation , ex- tenuates their faults , and sets off their virtues , and , by his candour , guards ...
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