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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... equal knowledge . His ac- quaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know , he could at least tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and fuch his copioufnefs of communication , that it may be ...
... equal knowledge . His ac- quaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know , he could at least tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and fuch his copioufnefs of communication , that it may be ...
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... and being " fo little equal and proportioned to the re- " nown of a prince on whom they were written ; " fuch great actions and lives deferving to be the “ fubject " fubject of the nobleft pens and moft divine phan- ( 36 ) SPRAT.
... and being " fo little equal and proportioned to the re- " nown of a prince on whom they were written ; " fuch great actions and lives deferving to be the “ fubject " fubject of the nobleft pens and moft divine phan- ( 36 ) SPRAT.
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... equal propriety , have been faid by another . The general defign is , perhaps , open to criticism ; but the compofition can feldom be charged with inaccuracy or negligence . The author never flumbers in felf - indulgence ; his full ...
... equal propriety , have been faid by another . The general defign is , perhaps , open to criticism ; but the compofition can feldom be charged with inaccuracy or negligence . The author never flumbers in felf - indulgence ; his full ...
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... make virtuous refentment over - power all the benevolence which wit , elegance , and cou- rage , naturally excite ; and to lofe at laft the hero in the villain . The The fifth act is not equal to the former ; 62 ROW E.
... make virtuous refentment over - power all the benevolence which wit , elegance , and cou- rage , naturally excite ; and to lofe at laft the hero in the villain . The The fifth act is not equal to the former ; 62 ROW E.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. The fifth act is not equal to the former ; the events of the drama are exhausted , and little remains but to talk of what is past . It has been observed , that the title of the ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. The fifth act is not equal to the former ; the events of the drama are exhausted , and little remains but to talk of what is past . It has been observed , that the title of the ...
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