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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Pàgina 35
... endeavoured ra- ther to divert than aftonish ; that his thoughts fel- dom afpired to fublimity ; and that , if his verfe was eafy and his images familiar , he attained what he defired . His purpofe is to be merry ; but perhaps , to ...
... endeavoured ra- ther to divert than aftonish ; that his thoughts fel- dom afpired to fublimity ; and that , if his verfe was eafy and his images familiar , he attained what he defired . His purpofe is to be merry ; but perhaps , to ...
Pàgina 55
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found fome phyficians mean enough to folicit their patron- age , by betraying to them the counfels of the Col- lege . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict ...
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found fome phyficians mean enough to folicit their patron- age , by betraying to them the counfels of the Col- lege . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict ...
Pàgina 61
... endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of pofitive precepts , but as a fyftem of rational government , and impartial justice . When he was nineteen , he was , by the death of his father , left more ...
... endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of pofitive precepts , but as a fyftem of rational government , and impartial justice . When he was nineteen , he was , by the death of his father , left more ...
Pàgina 103
... endeavoured to alarm the nation . by a pamphlet called The Plebeian . To this an an- fwer was published by Addifon , under the title of The Old Whig , in which it is not difcovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the ...
... endeavoured to alarm the nation . by a pamphlet called The Plebeian . To this an an- fwer was published by Addifon , under the title of The Old Whig , in which it is not difcovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the ...
Pàgina 105
... endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his argu- ments and expoftulations had no effect . One expe- riment , however , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he defired ...
... endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his argu- ments and expoftulations had no effect . One expe- riment , however , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he defired ...
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