The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... conversation . His being is in a twilight of sense , and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English . His style is boisterous and rough hewn , his rhyme incorrigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually ...
... conversation . His being is in a twilight of sense , and some glimmering of thought which he can never fashion into wit or English . His style is boisterous and rough hewn , his rhyme incorrigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually ...
Pàgina 49
... conversation , but just such and went so far , as , by the natural turn of the con- versation in which he was engaged , it was necessarily promoted or required . He was extremely ready and gentle in his correction of the errors of any ...
... conversation , but just such and went so far , as , by the natural turn of the con- versation in which he was engaged , it was necessarily promoted or required . He was extremely ready and gentle in his correction of the errors of any ...
Pàgina 50
... conversation , because he expected it to be solicited , and he retired from a cold reception , not submissive but indignant , with such deference of his own greatness as made him un- willing to expose it to neglect or violation . His ...
... conversation , because he expected it to be solicited , and he retired from a cold reception , not submissive but indignant , with such deference of his own greatness as made him un- willing to expose it to neglect or violation . His ...
Pàgina 51
... conversation ; whom merriment con- fuses , and objection disconcerts ; whose bashfulness restrains their exertion , and suffers them not to speak till the time of speaking is past ; or whose attention to their own character makes them ...
... conversation ; whom merriment con- fuses , and objection disconcerts ; whose bashfulness restrains their exertion , and suffers them not to speak till the time of speaking is past ; or whose attention to their own character makes them ...
Pàgina 52
... conversation ; but , if accusation without proof be credited , who shall be innocent ? His works afford too many examples of dissolute licentiousness , and abject adulation ; but they were probably , like his merriment , artificial and ...
... conversation ; but , if accusation without proof be credited , who shall be innocent ? His works afford too many examples of dissolute licentiousness , and abject adulation ; but they were probably , like his merriment , artificial and ...
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