The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... elegance of language and force of fentiment . JONATHAN SWIFT was , according to an account faid to be written by himself * , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 : according to his ...
... elegance of language and force of fentiment . JONATHAN SWIFT was , according to an account faid to be written by himself * , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 : according to his ...
Pàgina 10
... elegance , it can only be objected , that , like many projects , it is , if not generally impracticable , yet evidently hopeless , as it supposes more zeal , concord , and perfeverance , than a view of mankind gives reafon for expecting ...
... elegance , it can only be objected , that , like many projects , it is , if not generally impracticable , yet evidently hopeless , as it supposes more zeal , concord , and perfeverance , than a view of mankind gives reafon for expecting ...
Pàgina 21
... elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodg- ings not far from the deanery . On his publick days fhe regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere gueft , like other ladies . On other days he ...
... elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodg- ings not far from the deanery . On his publick days fhe regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere gueft , like other ladies . On other days he ...
Pàgina 33
... elegance , often vifited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or profe ; of his verfes he willingly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim " Vive la bagatelle ...
... elegance , often vifited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or profe ; of his verfes he willingly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim " Vive la bagatelle ...
Pàgina 71
... elegance of defcription and juft- ness of precepts , he had now exhibited boundless fertility of invention . He always confidered the intermixture of the ma- chinery with the action as his moft fuccessful exer- tion of poetical art . He ...
... elegance of defcription and juft- ness of precepts , he had now exhibited boundless fertility of invention . He always confidered the intermixture of the ma- chinery with the action as his moft fuccessful exer- tion of poetical art . He ...
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