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 11
... give her . No man had a jufter notion of the difficulty of compofing than Mr. Smith ; and he fometimes would create greater difficulties than he had reason to appre- hend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be ...
... give her . No man had a jufter notion of the difficulty of compofing than Mr. Smith ; and he fometimes would create greater difficulties than he had reason to appre- hend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be ...
Pàgina 12
... give even his misfortunes the hard name of faults ; but , if the world had half his good - na- . ture , all the fhady parts would be entirely ftruck out of his character . A man , A man , who , under poverty , calamities , 12 SMIT H.
... give even his misfortunes the hard name of faults ; but , if the world had half his good - na- . ture , all the fhady parts would be entirely ftruck out of his character . A man , A man , who , under poverty , calamities , 12 SMIT H.
Pàgina 17
... give to colours memory and delight . I quote it , however , as an imitation of thefe lines : So many languages he had in ftore , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . The fimile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his ...
... give to colours memory and delight . I quote it , however , as an imitation of thefe lines : So many languages he had in ftore , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . The fimile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his ...
Pàgina 22
... give more opportunities of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the paffions , in which I suspect him to have had lefs power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he ...
... give more opportunities of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the paffions , in which I suspect him to have had lefs power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he ...
Pàgina 47
... gives value to the praise which he receives , and confiders the sentence paffed in his favour as the fentence of difcernment . We admire in a friend that understanding that selected us for confidence ; we admire more , in a patron ...
... gives value to the praise which he receives , and confiders the sentence paffed in his favour as the fentence of difcernment . We admire in a friend that understanding that selected us for confidence ; we admire more , in a patron ...
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