The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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Pàgina xix
... attention in an uncommon degree , and was followed by an unprecedented accumulation of literary honours , in the various forms of sermons , elegies , memoirs , lives , essays , and anecdotes . For a just character of this great man , we ...
... attention in an uncommon degree , and was followed by an unprecedented accumulation of literary honours , in the various forms of sermons , elegies , memoirs , lives , essays , and anecdotes . For a just character of this great man , we ...
Pàgina xxi
... attention watched his lips ; he rea- soned , and conviction closed his periods : when he pleased he could be the greatest sophist that ever contended in the list of declamation ; and perhaps no man ever equalled him in nervous and ...
... attention watched his lips ; he rea- soned , and conviction closed his periods : when he pleased he could be the greatest sophist that ever contended in the list of declamation ; and perhaps no man ever equalled him in nervous and ...
Pàgina xxiv
... attention and inquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my Biography . These omissions , which it is now useless to lament , have been often supplied by the kindness of MR . STEE- VENS and ...
... attention and inquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my Biography . These omissions , which it is now useless to lament , have been often supplied by the kindness of MR . STEE- VENS and ...
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... attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but , having neither the facility of a po- * He was a candidate for ...
... attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but , having neither the facility of a po- * He was a candidate for ...
Pàgina 14
... attention and exciting mer- riment . From the charge of disaffection he excul- pates himself in his preface , by observing how un- likely it is , that , having followed the royal family through all their distresses , he should choose ...
... attention and exciting mer- riment . From the charge of disaffection he excul- pates himself in his preface , by observing how un- likely it is , that , having followed the royal family through all their distresses , he should choose ...
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