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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... 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 how to improve them ; and not only to polifh the dia- mond , but enchafe it in the ...
... 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 how to improve them ; and not only to polifh the dia- mond , but enchafe it in the ...
Pàgina 11
... Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be eafily written , moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would fe- riously confider what Demofthenes , Homer , Virgil , or Horace , if alive , would fay ...
... Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be eafily written , moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would fe- riously confider what Demofthenes , Homer , Virgil , or Horace , if alive , would fay ...
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... fupprefs any thing that was his , but out of respect to his memory , and for want of proper hands to finish what fo great a genius had begun . SUCH SUCH is the declamation of Oldifworth , written while his SMITH . 15.
... fupprefs any thing that was his , but out of respect to his memory , and for want of proper hands to finish what fo great a genius had begun . SUCH SUCH is the declamation of Oldifworth , written while his SMITH . 15.
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... written while his admiration was yet freth , and his kindness warm ; and therefore fuch as , without any criminal purpose of deceiving , fhews a ftrong defire to make the most of all favourable truth . I cannot muchi commend the ...
... written while his admiration was yet freth , and his kindness warm ; and therefore fuch as , without any criminal purpose of deceiving , fhews a ftrong defire to make the most of all favourable truth . I cannot muchi commend the ...
Pàgina 17
... 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 Ly- rick compofition ...
... 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 Ly- rick compofition ...
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