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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... moft largely to them ; and it was natural for thofe , who knew his peculiar way of writing , to turn to his fhare in the work , as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment . As his parts were extraordinary , fo he well knew ...
... moft largely to them ; and it was natural for thofe , who knew his peculiar way of writing , to turn to his fhare in the work , as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment . As his parts were extraordinary , fo he well knew ...
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... moft elaborate pieces , he read the works of others with candour , and referved his greateft feverity for his own compo- fitions ; being readier to cherish and advance , than damp or deprefs , a rifing genius , and as patient of being ...
... moft elaborate pieces , he read the works of others with candour , and referved his greateft feverity for his own compo- fitions ; being readier to cherish and advance , than damp or deprefs , a rifing genius , and as patient of being ...
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... moft entertaining remains and ruins of an antique figure or building . Thofe fragments of the learned , which fome men have been fo proud of their pains in collecting , are ufelefs rarities , without form and without life , when ...
... moft entertaining remains and ruins of an antique figure or building . Thofe fragments of the learned , which fome men have been fo proud of their pains in collecting , are ufelefs rarities , without form and without life , when ...
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... moft understood him leaft , it being the cuftom of the vulgar to charge an excess upon the most complaifant , and to form a character by the morals of a few , who have fome- times fpoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only ...
... moft understood him leaft , it being the cuftom of the vulgar to charge an excess upon the most complaifant , and to form a character by the morals of a few , who have fome- times fpoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only ...
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... , and the duke of Buckingham's Effay on Poetry ; but were first published in Dryden's Miscellany , as were moft , if not all , of the poems in that collection . H. With the wit he feems to have shared the diffo- With DUKE.
... , and the duke of Buckingham's Effay on Poetry ; but were first published in Dryden's Miscellany , as were moft , if not all , of the poems in that collection . H. With the wit he feems to have shared the diffo- With DUKE.
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