The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... whofe pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has ...
... whofe pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has ...
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... whofe acquaintance all his contemporaries feem to have been ambitious ; and Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verse , but mere prose . It was ...
... whofe acquaintance all his contemporaries feem to have been ambitious ; and Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verse , but mere prose . It was ...
Pàgina 5
... whofe notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was furrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became fecretary to the Lord Jermyn , af- terwards Earl of St. Albans ...
... whofe notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was furrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became fecretary to the Lord Jermyn , af- terwards Earl of St. Albans ...
Pàgina 7
... whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the bufinefs of a ftatesman can be little ...
... whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the bufinefs of a ftatesman can be little ...
Pàgina 11
... whofe hands he was might free him from confinement , he did what no law of fociety prohibits . The man whofe mifcarriage in a juft caufe has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , regain his ...
... whofe hands he was might free him from confinement , he did what no law of fociety prohibits . The man whofe mifcarriage in a juft caufe has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , regain his ...
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