The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... reasons either not known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thou- sand pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ...
... reasons either not known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thou- sand pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ...
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... reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds . another reason for the severity of his censurers , which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . " I am not free of the poets ...
... reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds . another reason for the severity of his censurers , which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . " I am not free of the poets ...
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... reason for resent- ment , as , in his preface to Prince Arthur , he had said of the dramatic writers almost all that was alleged afterwards by Collier ; but Blackmore's censure was cold and general , Collier's was personal and ardent ...
... reason for resent- ment , as , in his preface to Prince Arthur , he had said of the dramatic writers almost all that was alleged afterwards by Collier ; but Blackmore's censure was cold and general , Collier's was personal and ardent ...
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... taste is distinguishing , just , and delicate : his judgment clear , and his reason strong , accompanied with an imagination full of spirit , of great compass , and stored with refined ideas . He is a critic of 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... taste is distinguishing , just , and delicate : his judgment clear , and his reason strong , accompanied with an imagination full of spirit , of great compass , and stored with refined ideas . He is a critic of 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... reason of things , and are formed by a judgment free , and unbiassed by the authority of those who have lazily followed each other in the same beaten track of thinking , and are arrived only at the reputation of acute grammarians and ...
... reason of things , and are formed by a judgment free , and unbiassed by the authority of those who have lazily followed each other in the same beaten track of thinking , and are arrived only at the reputation of acute grammarians and ...
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