The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... must disappoint every reader's ex- pectation , that , when at the ufual time he claimed the Bachelorship of Arts , he was found by the ex- aminers too confpicuoufly deficient for regular admif- fion , and obtained his degree at last by ...
... must disappoint every reader's ex- pectation , that , when at the ufual time he claimed the Bachelorship of Arts , he was found by the ex- aminers too confpicuoufly deficient for regular admif- fion , and obtained his degree at last by ...
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... must be confeffed to discover want of knowledge or want of integrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly mifre prefented them . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The honours due ...
... must be confeffed to discover want of knowledge or want of integrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly mifre prefented them . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The honours due ...
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... must be allowed that the proper teft has not been chofen . The attention paid to the papers , published under the name of “ Bickerftaff , " induced Steele , when he projected the " Tatler , " to affume an appellation which had already ...
... must be allowed that the proper teft has not been chofen . The attention paid to the papers , published under the name of “ Bickerftaff , " induced Steele , when he projected the " Tatler , " to affume an appellation which had already ...
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... must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but , with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those by which Addifon oppofed him * . He wrote in the year 1711 a " Letter to the Octo- " ber Club ...
... must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but , with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those by which Addifon oppofed him * . He wrote in the year 1711 a " Letter to the Octo- " ber Club ...
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... must be appeased ; and the conduct of the Minifter , if it could not be vindicated , was to be plaufibly excufed . Early in the next year he published a " Propofal " for correcting , improving , and ascertaining the English Tongue ...
... must be appeased ; and the conduct of the Minifter , if it could not be vindicated , was to be plaufibly excufed . Early in the next year he published a " Propofal " for correcting , improving , and ascertaining the English Tongue ...
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