The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... took the degree of M. A. June 3 , 1676 , and resided thirteen years ; a much longer time than it is usual to spend at the university ; and which he seems to have passed with very little attention to the business of the place ; for , in ...
... took the degree of M. A. June 3 , 1676 , and resided thirteen years ; a much longer time than it is usual to spend at the university ; and which he seems to have passed with very little attention to the business of the place ; for , in ...
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... took little care to propitiate the wits ; for he scorns to avert their malice at the expence of virtue or of truth : - " Several , in their books , have many sarcastical and spiteful strokes at religion in general ; while others make ...
... took little care to propitiate the wits ; for he scorns to avert their malice at the expence of virtue or of truth : - " Several , in their books , have many sarcastical and spiteful strokes at religion in general ; while others make ...
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... took his place by Eliza , in silence and darkness ; benevolence was ashamed to favour , and malice was weary of insulting . Of his four epic poems , the first had such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at ...
... took his place by Eliza , in silence and darkness ; benevolence was ashamed to favour , and malice was weary of insulting . Of his four epic poems , the first had such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at ...
Pàgina 31
... took the Odyssey , being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton were the first ...
... took the Odyssey , being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton were the first ...
Pàgina 32
... took them to the stage - door ; where the door - keeper inquiring who they were , was told that they were three very necessary men , Ford , Broome , and Fenton . The name in the play , which Pope restored to Brook , was then Broome . It ...
... took them to the stage - door ; where the door - keeper inquiring who they were , was told that they were three very necessary men , Ford , Broome , and Fenton . The name in the play , which Pope restored to Brook , was then Broome . It ...
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