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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... opinion , who could not admire Verfes as fmooth and foft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor ftream . And therefore , though his want of complaifance for fome men's overbearing vanity made him ene- mies , yet the better part ...
... opinion , who could not admire Verfes as fmooth and foft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor ftream . And therefore , though his want of complaifance for fome men's overbearing vanity made him ene- mies , yet the better part ...
Pàgina 25
... opinion of his own 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 ...
... opinion of his own 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 ...
Pàgina 26
... opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he en- dured me . He had mingled with the gay world without ex- emption from its vices or its follies , but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation ...
... opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he en- dured me . He had mingled with the gay world without ex- emption from its vices or its follies , but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation ...
Pàgina 52
... opinion , and his criticifm it is feldom fafe to contradict . He beftows juft praise upon the The Rife of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and Frogs the ...
... opinion , and his criticifm it is feldom fafe to contradict . He beftows juft praise upon the The Rife of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and Frogs the ...
Pàgina 61
... opinion , made advances in learning fufficient to qualify him for the study of law , and was entered a ftudent of the Mid- dle Temple , where for fome time he read ftatutes and reports with proficiency proportionate to the force of his ...
... opinion , made advances in learning fufficient to qualify him for the study of law , and was entered a ftudent of the Mid- dle Temple , where for fome time he read ftatutes and reports with proficiency proportionate to the force of his ...
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