The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... number of Tory Gentlemen fent from the country to parliament , who formed them- felves into a club , to the number of about a hun- dred , and met to animate the zeal and raife the ex- pectations of each other . They thought , with great ...
... number of Tory Gentlemen fent from the country to parliament , who formed them- felves into a club , to the number of about a hun- dred , and met to animate the zeal and raife the ex- pectations of each other . They thought , with great ...
Pàgina 14
... number our allies . That is now no longer doubted , of which the na- tion was then first informed , that the war was unne- ceffarily protracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough ; and that it would have been continued without end , if ...
... number our allies . That is now no longer doubted , of which the na- tion was then first informed , that the war was unne- ceffarily protracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough ; and that it would have been continued without end , if ...
Pàgina 35
... number of parti- culars could never have been affembled by the power of recollection . He grew more violent , and his mental powers de- clined till ( 1741 ) it was found neceffary that legal guardians fhould be appointed of his perfon ...
... number of parti- culars could never have been affembled by the power of recollection . He grew more violent , and his mental powers de- clined till ( 1741 ) it was found neceffary that legal guardians fhould be appointed of his perfon ...
Pàgina 41
... number may perhaps not be exact . In his œconomy he practifed a peculiar and offen- five parfimony , without difguife or apology . The practice of faving being once neceffary , became habi- tual , and grew firft ridiculous , and at last ...
... number may perhaps not be exact . In his œconomy he practifed a peculiar and offen- five parfimony , without difguife or apology . The practice of faving being once neceffary , became habi- tual , and grew firft ridiculous , and at last ...
Pàgina 48
... numbers are smooth , and the rhymes exact . There feldom occurs a hard - laboured expref- fion , or a redundant epithet ; all his verfes exem- plify his own definition of a good style , they confift of " proper words in proper places ...
... numbers are smooth , and the rhymes exact . There feldom occurs a hard - laboured expref- fion , or a redundant epithet ; all his verfes exem- plify his own definition of a good style , they confift of " proper words in proper places ...
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