The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 9
... thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice , hath been " wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against " religion , and would therefore never be able to " fhine , or diftinguish themselves , upon any other " fubject ? We are ...
... thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice , hath been " wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against " religion , and would therefore never be able to " fhine , or diftinguish themselves , upon any other " fubject ? We are ...
Pàgina 15
... remonftrances , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's bufinefs , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting thofe those who addreffed him , he reprefents himself as fufficiently SWIFT . 15.
... remonftrances , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's bufinefs , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting thofe those who addreffed him , he reprefents himself as fufficiently SWIFT . 15.
Pàgina 22
... thofe who had an intereft in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the attention of the publick being by this outrageous resentment turned upon the proposal , the author was by ...
... thofe who had an intereft in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the attention of the publick being by this outrageous resentment turned upon the proposal , the author was by ...
Pàgina 40
... thofe fermons which have been printed , was unreasonably fevere . The fufpicions of his irreligion proceeded in a great measure from his dread of hypocrify ; instead of wishing to feem better , he delighted in feeming worse than he was ...
... thofe fermons which have been printed , was unreasonably fevere . The fufpicions of his irreligion proceeded in a great measure from his dread of hypocrify ; instead of wishing to feem better , he delighted in feeming worse than he was ...
Pàgina 44
... thofe ceremonies which cuftom has eftablished as the barriers between one order of fo- ciety and another . This tranfgreffion of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatnefs of foul . But a great mind difdains to hold any ...
... thofe ceremonies which cuftom has eftablished as the barriers between one order of fo- ciety and another . This tranfgreffion of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatnefs of foul . But a great mind difdains to hold any ...
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