The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... 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 special favour ; a ...
... 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 special favour ; a ...
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... readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that alone adorns and diftinguishes " the writer . For had an ... reader's notice . In the year following he wrote a " Project for the " Advancement of Religion , " addreffed to Lady ...
... readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that alone adorns and diftinguishes " the writer . For had an ... reader's notice . In the year following he wrote a " Project for the " Advancement of Religion , " addreffed to Lady ...
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... a great number at that time , when we were not yet a nation of readers . To its propaga- tion certainly no agency of power or influence was want- wanting . It furnished arguments for converfation , speeches for 14 SWIFT .
... a great number at that time , when we were not yet a nation of readers . To its propaga- tion certainly no agency of power or influence was want- wanting . It furnished arguments for converfation , speeches for 14 SWIFT .
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... readers ; that it operates by the mere weight of facts , with very little affiftance from the hand that produced them . This year ( 1712 ) he published his " Reflections . " on the Barrier Treaty , " which carries on the de- fign of his ...
... readers ; that it operates by the mere weight of facts , with very little affiftance from the hand that produced them . This year ( 1712 ) he published his " Reflections . " on the Barrier Treaty , " which carries on the de- fign of his ...
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... prefence of the Dean , may be reasonably doubted : they have , however , fome odd attraction ; the reader , finding frequent mention of names which he has been used VOL . III . C to to confider as important , goes on in hope of SWIFT . 17.
... prefence of the Dean , may be reasonably doubted : they have , however , fome odd attraction ; the reader , finding frequent mention of names which he has been used VOL . III . C to to confider as important , goes on in hope of SWIFT . 17.
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