The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... lefs provifion of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premedita- tion . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and enquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my ...
... lefs provifion of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premedita- tion . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and enquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my ...
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... lefs carefully fup- preffed , the omiffion of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a fectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his fon , and confequently left him to ...
... lefs carefully fup- preffed , the omiffion of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish gives reason to suspect that his father was a fectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his fon , and confequently left him to ...
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... lefs than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and ftranger than all the reft , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois that you would . This is what they call Monftri fimile . I do ...
... lefs than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and ftranger than all the reft , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois that you would . This is what they call Monftri fimile . I do ...
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... lefs copioufnefs of fentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been re- commended by the , example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jon- fon ...
... lefs copioufnefs of fentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been re- commended by the , example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jon- fon ...
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... lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand ; And I ...
... lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand ; And I ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1821 |
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