The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 1253 pàgines |
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... effect is not known . He was probably lefs notorious . At Oxford , as we all know , much will be forgiven to literary merit ; By his epitaph he appears to have been 42 years old when he died . He was confequently born in the year 1668 ...
... effect is not known . He was probably lefs notorious . At Oxford , as we all know , much will be forgiven to literary merit ; By his epitaph he appears to have been 42 years old when he died . He was confequently born in the year 1668 ...
Pàgina 52
... effect . 7 . He tells us , that the Bookworm is borrowed from Reza ; but he should have added with modern ap- plications and , when he discovers that Gay Bacchus s tranflated from Augurellus , he ought to have re- marked that the latter ...
... effect . 7 . He tells us , that the Bookworm is borrowed from Reza ; but he should have added with modern ap- plications and , when he discovers that Gay Bacchus s tranflated from Augurellus , he ought to have re- marked that the latter ...
Pàgina 62
... effect of the fiction . Lothario , with gaiety which cannot be hated , and bravery which cannot be defpifed , retains too much of the fpectator's kindnefs . It was in the power of Richardfon alone to teach us at once esteem and de ...
... effect of the fiction . Lothario , with gaiety which cannot be hated , and bravery which cannot be defpifed , retains too much of the fpectator's kindnefs . It was in the power of Richardfon alone to teach us at once esteem and de ...
Pàgina 76
... effect of his civility rather than approbation .. Three of his Latin poems are upon fubjects on which perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language . The Battle of the Pig- mies and Cranes ; The Barometer ; and ...
... effect of his civility rather than approbation .. Three of his Latin poems are upon fubjects on which perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language . The Battle of the Pig- mies and Cranes ; The Barometer ; and ...
Pàgina 78
... effect of judgement . It is neceffary to inform the reader , that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer : Ad- dison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and fubjoined ...
... effect of judgement . It is neceffary to inform the reader , that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer : Ad- dison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and fubjoined ...
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