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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... thofe lucky wri- EDM ters who have , without much labour , attained high reputation , and who are mentioned with reve- rence rather for the poffeffion than the exertion of uncommon abilities . Of his life little is known ; and that ...
... thofe lucky wri- EDM ters who have , without much labour , attained high reputation , and who are mentioned with reve- rence rather for the poffeffion than the exertion of uncommon abilities . Of his life little is known ; and that ...
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... thofe excel- lent and neceffary qualifications which are previous to the accomplishment of a great man . His memory was large and tenacious , yet by a curious felicity chiefly fufceptible of the fineft impreffions it received from the ...
... thofe excel- lent and neceffary qualifications which are previous to the accomplishment of a great man . His memory was large and tenacious , yet by a curious felicity chiefly fufceptible of the fineft impreffions it received from the ...
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... thofe verfes in the Oxford books , which he could not help fetting his name to , feveral of his compofitions came abroad under other names , which his own fingular modefty , and faithful filence , ftrove in vain to con- ceal . The ...
... thofe verfes in the Oxford books , which he could not help fetting his name to , feveral of his compofitions came abroad under other names , which his own fingular modefty , and faithful filence , ftrove in vain to con- ceal . The ...
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... thofe jovial avoca- tions , yet his return to his ftudies were fo much the more paffionate , and is intention upon thofe refined pleafures of reading and thinking fo vehement ( to which his facetious and unbended intervals bore no B 3 ...
... thofe jovial avoca- tions , yet his return to his ftudies were fo much the more paffionate , and is intention upon thofe refined pleafures of reading and thinking fo vehement ( to which his facetious and unbended intervals bore no B 3 ...
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... thofe fcattered up and down in Mifcellanies and Collections , being wrefted from him by his friends with great difficulty and reluctance . All of them together make but a fmall part of that much greater body which lies dif- perfed in ...
... thofe fcattered up and down in Mifcellanies and Collections , being wrefted from him by his friends with great difficulty and reluctance . All of them together make but a fmall part of that much greater body which lies dif- perfed in ...
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