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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... force of argument , when Dr. Jane worthily prefided in the chair ; whofe conde- fcending and difinterested commendation of him gave him fuch a reputation as filenced the envious malice of his enemies , who durft not contradict the appro ...
... force of argument , when Dr. Jane worthily prefided in the chair ; whofe conde- fcending and difinterested commendation of him gave him fuch a reputation as filenced the envious malice of his enemies , who durft not contradict the appro ...
Pàgina 8
... force of Demofthenes , the elegant and moving turns of Pliny , and the acute and wife reflections of Tacitus . This Since Temple and Rofcommon , no man under- ftood Horace better , efpecially as to his happy dic- tion , rolling numbers ...
... force of Demofthenes , the elegant and moving turns of Pliny , and the acute and wife reflections of Tacitus . This Since Temple and Rofcommon , no man under- ftood Horace better , efpecially as to his happy dic- tion , rolling numbers ...
Pàgina 18
... force them to drive him away . Some time afterwards he affumed an appearance of decency in his own phrafe , he whitened himself , having a defire to obtain the cenforfhip , an office of honour and some profit in the college ; but , when ...
... force them to drive him away . Some time afterwards he affumed an appearance of decency in his own phrafe , he whitened himself , having a defire to obtain the cenforfhip , an office of honour and some profit in the college ; but , when ...
Pàgina 20
... force fuccefs , and found that native excellence was not fufficient for its own fupport . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to fixty ; and Halifax , the general ...
... force fuccefs , and found that native excellence was not fufficient for its own fupport . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to fixty ; and Halifax , the general ...
Pàgina 61
... force of his mind , which was already fuch that he 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 ...
... force of his mind , which was already fuch that he 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 ...
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