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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... merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his friends . He could fay , as Horace did of himself , what I never yet faw tranflated : " Meo fum pauper in are . " At his coming to town , no man was more fur ...
... merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his friends . He could fay , as Horace did of himself , what I never yet faw tranflated : " Meo fum pauper in are . " At his coming to town , no man was more fur ...
Pàgina 16
... 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. R. and and of that he had exhibited fufficient evidence by his 16 SMITH .
... 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. R. and and of that he had exhibited fufficient evidence by his 16 SMITH .
Pàgina 20
... merit , had enfured no band of applauders , nor ufed any artifice to 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 ...
... merit , had enfured no band of applauders , nor ufed any artifice to 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 ...
Pàgina 25
... merit , and was fomething contemptuous in his treatment of thofe whom he confidered as not qualified to oppofe or contradict him . He had many frailties ; yet it can- not but be fuppofed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the ...
... merit , and was fomething contemptuous in his treatment of thofe whom he confidered as not qualified to oppofe or contradict him . He had many frailties ; yet it can- not but be fuppofed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the ...
Pàgina 43
... merit is the claim to attention ; and the account which is here to be expected may pro- perly be proportioned not to his influence in the state , but to his rank among the writers of verfe . Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 ...
... merit is the claim to attention ; and the account which is here to be expected may pro- perly be proportioned not to his influence in the state , but to his rank among the writers of verfe . Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 ...
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