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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... praise but what can be given to intellectual ex- cellence , feldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth , with all the partiality of friendship , which is faid by Dr. Bur- ton to fhew " what fine ...
... praise but what can be given to intellectual ex- cellence , feldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth , with all the partiality of friendship , which is faid by Dr. Bur- ton to fhew " what fine ...
Pàgina 16
... praise is often in- diftinct , and the fentences are loaded with words of more pomp than ufe . There is little , however , that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEALE , known by the name of Smith ...
... praise is often in- diftinct , and the fentences are loaded with words of more pomp than ufe . There is little , however , that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEALE , known by the name of Smith ...
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... praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in the university . This ode , which clofed the fecond volume of the Mufa Anglicana , though perhaps fome objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far the beft ...
... praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in the university . This ode , which clofed the fecond volume of the Mufa Anglicana , though perhaps fome objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far the beft ...
Pàgina 25
... praise of Oldifworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials , I am indebted to my converfation with Gilbert Walmsley , late regiftrar of the ecclefiaftical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
... praise of Oldifworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials , I am indebted to my converfation with Gilbert Walmsley , late regiftrar of the ecclefiaftical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
Pàgina 42
... may be fettled by the first that appears in his praise of Cromwell , where he fays , that Crom- well's " " fame , like man , will grow white as it grows " old . " HALIFAX . HALIFAX . THE life of the Earl of Halifax was 42 SPRA T.
... may be fettled by the first that appears in his praise of Cromwell , where he fays , that Crom- well's " " fame , like man , will grow white as it grows " old . " HALIFAX . HALIFAX . THE life of the Earl of Halifax was 42 SPRA T.
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