The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on mrs . Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some ...
... sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on mrs . Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some ...
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... sometimes into other tracks of literature , and condescended to entertain his readers with plain prose . When the Spectator stopped , he considered the polite world as destitute of entertainment ; and , in concert with mr . Hughes , who ...
... sometimes into other tracks of literature , and condescended to entertain his readers with plain prose . When the Spectator stopped , he considered the polite world as destitute of entertainment ; and , in concert with mr . Hughes , who ...
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... sometimes entertained his friends with his unpublished performances . " The rest of the lay monks seem to be but feeble mortals , in comparison with the gigantic Johnson , who yet , with all his abilities , and the help of the ...
... sometimes entertained his friends with his unpublished performances . " The rest of the lay monks seem to be but feeble mortals , in comparison with the gigantic Johnson , who yet , with all his abilities , and the help of the ...
Pàgina 45
... sometimes in- animate , arbores loquuntur , non tantum feræ , are , for the purpose of moral instruction , feigned to act and speak with human interests and passions . To this description the compositions of Gay do not always conform ...
... sometimes in- animate , arbores loquuntur , non tantum feræ , are , for the purpose of moral instruction , feigned to act and speak with human interests and passions . To this description the compositions of Gay do not always conform ...
Pàgina 49
... before he was three - and - twenty , and may be forgiven if he regarded the face more than the mind . Poets are sometimes in too much haste to praise . VOL . II . D In the time of his retirement it is probable that GRANVILLle . 49.
... before he was three - and - twenty , and may be forgiven if he regarded the face more than the mind . Poets are sometimes in too much haste to praise . VOL . II . D In the time of his retirement it is probable that GRANVILLle . 49.
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