The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 8
... fhall have , fhould hire me to write the Tale of a " Tub ' . " < The digreffions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be confeffed to discover want of knowledge or want of integrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he ...
... fhall have , fhould hire me to write the Tale of a " Tub ' . " < The digreffions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be confeffed to discover want of knowledge or want of integrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he ...
Pàgina 23
... fhall never forget . As her friend was an " hofpitable , open - hearted man , well - beloved , and largely acquainted , it happened one day that fome " gentlemen dropt in to dinner , who were ftrangers " to Stella's fituation ; and as ...
... fhall never forget . As her friend was an " hofpitable , open - hearted man , well - beloved , and largely acquainted , it happened one day that fome " gentlemen dropt in to dinner , who were ftrangers " to Stella's fituation ; and as ...
Pàgina 30
... fhall it be gratified ? Swift was a lover ; his testimony may be fufpected . Delany and the Irifh faw with Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirmation . That the was virtuous , beautiful , and elegant , in a very high degree ...
... fhall it be gratified ? Swift was a lover ; his testimony may be fufpected . Delany and the Irifh faw with Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirmation . That the was virtuous , beautiful , and elegant , in a very high degree ...
Pàgina 60
... fhall please others . Sir William Trumbal , who had been ambaffador at Conftantinople , and fe- cretary of ftate , when he retired from bufinefs , fixed his refidence in the neighbourhood of Binfield . Pope , not yet fixteen , was ...
... fhall please others . Sir William Trumbal , who had been ambaffador at Conftantinople , and fe- cretary of ftate , when he retired from bufinefs , fixed his refidence in the neighbourhood of Binfield . Pope , not yet fixteen , was ...
Pàgina 67
... fhall appear natural ; but if this order be reverfed , another mode of connection equally fpecious may be found or made . Ariftotle is praised for naming Fortitude firft of the cardinal virtues , as that without which no other virtue ...
... fhall appear natural ; but if this order be reverfed , another mode of connection equally fpecious may be found or made . Ariftotle is praised for naming Fortitude firft of the cardinal virtues , as that without which no other virtue ...
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