The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... common , and some perhaps ven- tured without much consideration . He began , even now , to exercise the domination of conscious genius , by recommending his own performance : Lam sa- tisfied that as the Prince and General [ Rupert and ...
... common , and some perhaps ven- tured without much consideration . He began , even now , to exercise the domination of conscious genius , by recommending his own performance : Lam sa- tisfied that as the Prince and General [ Rupert and ...
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... common topicks of malicious and ignorant criticism , and without any particular rela- tion to the characters or incidents of the drama , are deservedly celebrated for their elegance and sprite- liness . VOL . II . C LIMBERHAM , or the ...
... common topicks of malicious and ignorant criticism , and without any particular rela- tion to the characters or incidents of the drama , are deservedly celebrated for their elegance and sprite- liness . VOL . II . C LIMBERHAM , or the ...
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... common students ; but his scholastic acquisitions seem not proportionate to his opportunities and abilities . He could not , like Milton or Cowley , have made his name illustrious merely by his learning . He mentions but few books , and ...
... common students ; but his scholastic acquisitions seem not proportionate to his opportunities and abilities . He could not , like Milton or Cowley , have made his name illustrious merely by his learning . He mentions but few books , and ...
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... common knowledge ; and of kind , certainly , is technical navigation . Yet Dryden was of opinion , that a sea - fight ought to be described in the nautical lan and certainly , says he , as those , who in a logical disputation keep to ...
... common knowledge ; and of kind , certainly , is technical navigation . Yet Dryden was of opinion , that a sea - fight ought to be described in the nautical lan and certainly , says he , as those , who in a logical disputation keep to ...
Pàgina 89
... common brook , because she may be worried ; but , walking home with th Panther , talks by the way of the Nicene Fathers , and at last declares herself to be the Catholick Church . THIS absurdity was very properly ridiculed in the City M ...
... common brook , because she may be worried ; but , walking home with th Panther , talks by the way of the Nicene Fathers , and at last declares herself to be the Catholick Church . THIS absurdity was very properly ridiculed in the City M ...
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