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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... mind , though he did not amend his irregularities : by which he gave fo much offence , that , April 24 , 1700 , the Dean and Chapter declared " the place of Mr. Smith void , he " having been convicted of riotous behaviour in the " houfe ...
... mind , though he did not amend his irregularities : by which he gave fo much offence , that , April 24 , 1700 , the Dean and Chapter declared " the place of Mr. Smith void , he " having been convicted of riotous behaviour in the " houfe ...
Pàgina 21
... mind , accuftomed to please itself with its own conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the courfe of life . Dennis tells us , in one of his pieces , that he had once a defign to have written the tragedy of Phadra ; but was ...
... mind , accuftomed to please itself with its own conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the courfe of life . Dennis tells us , in one of his pieces , that he had once a defign to have written the tragedy of Phadra ; but was ...
Pàgina 24
... mind , that he could use or improve , he did not fuffer it to be loft ; but , amidft the jollity of a tavern , or in the warmth of converfation , very diligently commit- ted it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of ...
... mind , that he could use or improve , he did not fuffer it to be loft ; but , amidft the jollity of a tavern , or in the warmth of converfation , very diligently commit- ted it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of ...
Pàgina 25
... , thus prefented to my mind , let me indulge myself in the remembrance . I knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me , and I hope that at at least my gratitude made me worthy of his no- SMITH . 25.
... , thus prefented to my mind , let me indulge myself in the remembrance . I knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me , and I hope that at at least my gratitude made me worthy of his no- SMITH . 25.
Pàgina 26
... mind ; his belief of Revelation was unfhaken ; his learning preferved his principles ; he grew first regular , and then pious . 7 His ftudies had been fo various , that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge . His ac- quaintance ...
... mind ; his belief of Revelation was unfhaken ; his learning preferved his principles ; he grew first regular , and then pious . 7 His ftudies had been fo various , that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge . His ac- quaintance ...
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