The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... 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 modesty was by no means ...
... 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 modesty was by no means ...
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... expected from any mind , however fertile in itself , and however stored with acquisitions . He whose work is general and arbitrary has the choice . of his matter , and takes that which his inclination and his studies have best qualified ...
... expected from any mind , however fertile in itself , and however stored with acquisitions . He whose work is general and arbitrary has the choice . of his matter , and takes that which his inclination and his studies have best qualified ...
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... expected that they who read the Georgicks and the Eneid should be much delighted with any version . ALL these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the ...
... expected that they who read the Georgicks and the Eneid should be much delighted with any version . ALL these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the ...
Pàgina 108
... expected . THE effect of the triplet is the same ; the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet ; but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together , to which the reader could not ac- commodate his voice ...
... expected . THE effect of the triplet is the same ; the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet ; but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together , to which the reader could not ac- commodate his voice ...
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... expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward him with a place of three hundred pounds a year . Smith , by pride , or caprice , for indolence ; or bashfulness , neglected to attend him , though doubtless warned and ...
... expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward him with a place of three hundred pounds a year . Smith , by pride , or caprice , for indolence ; or bashfulness , neglected to attend him , though doubtless warned and ...
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