The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 19
... true , that they speak of different times . When De- lany fays , that he was received with refpect , he means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal poffeffion ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was C 2 pelted pelted by ...
... true , that they speak of different times . When De- lany fays , that he was received with refpect , he means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal poffeffion ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was C 2 pelted pelted by ...
Pàgina 37
... true of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written .. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language , which rather trickles than flows . D 3 His His delight was in fimplicity . That he has in SWIFT . 37.
... true of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written .. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language , which rather trickles than flows . D 3 His His delight was in fimplicity . That he has in SWIFT . 37.
Pàgina 38
... true ; but his few metaphors feem to be received rather by ne- ceffity than choice . He ftudied purity ; and though perhaps all his ftrictures are not exact , yet it is not often that folecifms can be found ; and whoever de- pends on ...
... true ; but his few metaphors feem to be received rather by ne- ceffity than choice . He ftudied purity ; and though perhaps all his ftrictures are not exact , yet it is not often that folecifms can be found ; and whoever de- pends on ...
Pàgina 47
... true " religion and virtue ; his fuccefs in foliciting for the " First Fruits and Twentieths , to the unfpeakable " benefit of the Eftablished Church of Ireland ; and " his felicity ( to rate it no higher ) in giving occa- " fion to the ...
... true " religion and virtue ; his fuccefs in foliciting for the " First Fruits and Twentieths , to the unfpeakable " benefit of the Eftablished Church of Ireland ; and " his felicity ( to rate it no higher ) in giving occa- " fion to the ...
Pàgina 48
... true ; but perhaps no writer can eafily be found that has borrowed fo little , or that in all his excellences and all his defects , has fo well maintained his claim to be confidered as original . BROOME . BROOM E. WILLIAM BROOME was ...
... true ; but perhaps no writer can eafily be found that has borrowed fo little , or that in all his excellences and all his defects , has fo well maintained his claim to be confidered as original . BROOME . BROOM E. WILLIAM BROOME was ...
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