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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... muft not be forgotten how zealoufly Mr. Addison efpoufed his intereft , with all the elegant judgement and diffufive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is fo juftly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , fhe ...
... muft not be forgotten how zealoufly Mr. Addison efpoufed his intereft , with all the elegant judgement and diffufive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is fo juftly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , fhe ...
Pàgina 13
... muft have juft and noble ideas of the paffion , of friendship , in the fuccefs of which confifted the greateft , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth , though Fortune threw him fhort of ...
... muft have juft and noble ideas of the paffion , of friendship , in the fuccefs of which confifted the greateft , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth , though Fortune threw him fhort of ...
Pàgina 21
... muft place among the beft elegies which our language can fhew , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and foftnefs . There are fome paffages too ludicrous ; but every human per- formance has its faults . This elegy ...
... muft place among the beft elegies which our language can fhew , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and foftnefs . There are fome paffages too ludicrous ; but every human per- formance has its faults . This elegy ...
Pàgina 82
... muft however not be too haftily con- demned . It is not neceffary to refufe benefits from a bad man , when the acceptance implies no appro- bation of his crimes ; nor has the fubordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or ...
... muft however not be too haftily con- demned . It is not neceffary to refufe benefits from a bad man , when the acceptance implies no appro- bation of his crimes ; nor has the fubordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or ...
Pàgina 96
... muft wifh for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occafion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the fuperiority of his powers more evidently appear . His Trial of Count Tariff , written to expose the ...
... muft wifh for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occafion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the fuperiority of his powers more evidently appear . His Trial of Count Tariff , written to expose the ...
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