The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 8
... honours due to Learning have been justly diftributed by the decifion of pofterity . " The Battle of the Books " is fo like the " Com- " bat des Livres , " which the fame queftion concern- ing the Ancients and Moderns had produced in ...
... honours due to Learning have been justly diftributed by the decifion of pofterity . " The Battle of the Books " is fo like the " Com- " bat des Livres , " which the fame queftion concern- ing the Ancients and Moderns had produced in ...
Pàgina 23
... honoured . There my informer often saw her ; and , “ I have reason to believe , used his utmost endeavours " to relieve , fupport , and amufe her , in this fad " fituation . " One little incident he told me of on that occafion ❝ I ...
... honoured . There my informer often saw her ; and , “ I have reason to believe , used his utmost endeavours " to relieve , fupport , and amufe her , in this fad " fituation . " One little incident he told me of on that occafion ❝ I ...
Pàgina 26
... honoured by the populace as the champion , patron , and inftructor of Ireland ; and gained fuch power as , confidered both in its extent and duration , fcarcely any man has ever en- joyed without greater wealth or higher station . He ...
... honoured by the populace as the champion , patron , and inftructor of Ireland ; and gained fuch power as , confidered both in its extent and duration , fcarcely any man has ever en- joyed without greater wealth or higher station . He ...
Pàgina 39
... honour , of the Clergy ; of the Diffenters he did not wish to in- fringe the toleration , but he oppofed their encroach- ments . To his duty as Dean he was very attentive . He managed the revenues of his church , with exact co- nomy ...
... honour , of the Clergy ; of the Diffenters he did not wish to in- fringe the toleration , but he oppofed their encroach- ments . To his duty as Dean he was very attentive . He managed the revenues of his church , with exact co- nomy ...
Pàgina 40
... honour , has juftly condemned this part of his character . The perfon of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental fcrupulofity , did not look clear . He ...
... honour , has juftly condemned this part of his character . The perfon of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental fcrupulofity , did not look clear . He ...
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