The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some considera- tion . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imita- tion of common life ...
... conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some considera- tion . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imita- tion of common life ...
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... conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he con- tributed nothing to ' The Spectator , ' and only one paper to ' The Tatler , ' though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to ...
... conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he con- tributed nothing to ' The Spectator , ' and only one paper to ' The Tatler , ' though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to ...
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... conversation must have been very powerful , since nothing could console Henrietta Duchess of Marlborough for the loss of his company , so much as an au- tomaton , or small statue of ivory , made exactly to resemble him , which every day ...
... conversation must have been very powerful , since nothing could console Henrietta Duchess of Marlborough for the loss of his company , so much as an au- tomaton , or small statue of ivory , made exactly to resemble him , which every day ...
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... conversation of ingenious and learned men . " I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface a passage less reprehensible . " Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust to ...
... conversation of ingenious and learned men . " I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface a passage less reprehensible . " Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust to ...
Pàgina 57
... conversation of his friends . He died in 1730 , " at Easthampstead , in Berkshire , the seat of Lady Trumbull ; and Pope , who had been always his friend , honoured him with an epitaph , of which he borrowed the two first lines from ...
... conversation of his friends . He died in 1730 , " at Easthampstead , in Berkshire , the seat of Lady Trumbull ; and Pope , who had been always his friend , honoured him with an epitaph , of which he borrowed the two first lines from ...
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