The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 30
... her " Marriage , " may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for , if his general thoughts on women were were fuch as he exhibits , a very little fenfe 30 Ś W IF T.
... her " Marriage , " may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for , if his general thoughts on women were were fuch as he exhibits , a very little fenfe 30 Ś W IF T.
Pàgina 55
... excellence through his whole life , though his ordinary hand was not elegant . When he was about eight , he was placed in Hampshire under Taverner , a Romish prieft , who , by a method very rarely practifed , taught him the Greek and ...
... excellence through his whole life , though his ordinary hand was not elegant . When he was about eight , he was placed in Hampshire under Taverner , a Romish prieft , who , by a method very rarely practifed , taught him the Greek and ...
Pàgina 57
... excellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred , by propofing subjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revifals ; after which the old gentleman ...
... excellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred , by propofing subjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revifals ; after which the old gentleman ...
Pàgina 83
... the nobleft verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen ; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning . To thofe who have skill to eftimate the excellence and G 2 To Р О Р Е. 83.
... the nobleft verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen ; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning . To thofe who have skill to eftimate the excellence and G 2 To Р О Р Е. 83.
Pàgina 84
... excellence and difficulty of this great work , it must be very defirable to know how it was performed , and by what gradations it advanced to correctnefs . Of fuch án intellectual procefs the knowledge has very rarely been attainable ...
... excellence and difficulty of this great work , it must be very defirable to know how it was performed , and by what gradations it advanced to correctnefs . Of fuch án intellectual procefs the knowledge has very rarely been attainable ...
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