The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the fuccef- fion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that ...
... character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the fuccef- fion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that ...
Pàgina 1
... character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn confused and enlarged through the mift of panegyrick . • ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year ...
... character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn confused and enlarged through the mift of panegyrick . • ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year ...
Pàgina 6
... characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had refolution to tell his paffion . This confideration cannot but abate , in some mea- fure , the reader's efteem for the work and the ...
... characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had refolution to tell his paffion . This confideration cannot but abate , in some mea- fure , the reader's efteem for the work and the ...
Pàgina 7
... character from crimes which he was never within the poffibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself ...
... character from crimes which he was never within the poffibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself ...
Pàgina 11
... character of Phy fician , ftill , according to Sprat , with intention , " to diffemble the main defign of his coming over ; ' . " and , as Mr. Wood relates , " complying with the 66 men then in power ( which was much taken notice " of ...
... character of Phy fician , ftill , according to Sprat , with intention , " to diffemble the main defign of his coming over ; ' . " and , as Mr. Wood relates , " complying with the 66 men then in power ( which was much taken notice " of ...
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