The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... thought a rigorous and steady moralist , hav- ing told a petty lie to Louis XIV . continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received ...
... thought a rigorous and steady moralist , hav- ing told a petty lie to Louis XIV . continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received ...
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... thought a rigorous and steady moralist , hav- ing told a petty lie to Louis XIV . continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received ...
... thought a rigorous and steady moralist , hav- ing told a petty lie to Louis XIV . continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received ...
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... thought , was received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to be public ; he ...
... thought , was received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to be public ; he ...
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... thoughts are recom- mended by his language : - " As to its efficient cause , wit owes its production to an extraordinary and peculiar temperament in the constitu- tion of the possessor of it ... thought will appear a 20 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... thoughts are recom- mended by his language : - " As to its efficient cause , wit owes its production to an extraordinary and peculiar temperament in the constitu- tion of the possessor of it ... thought will appear a 20 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. as before observed , the same thought will appear a new one , to the great delight and wonder of the hearer . What we call genius results from this particular happy complexion in ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. as before observed , the same thought will appear a new one , to the great delight and wonder of the hearer . What we call genius results from this particular happy complexion in ...
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