The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works, Volum 1G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool, E. Thomson, Manchester, J. Noble, Hull, J. Wilson, Berwick, W. Whyte and Company, Edinburgh, and R. Griffin and Company, Glasgow, 1820 |
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... supposed to have engaged in it with less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and en- quiry , have gleaned many particulars which would ...
... supposed to have engaged in it with less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and en- quiry , have gleaned many particulars which would ...
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... supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the king , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
... supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the king , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
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... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
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... which are not unfrequent in this first essay , but which it is to be supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without diffi- culty DENHAM . 77.
... which are not unfrequent in this first essay , but which it is to be supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without diffi- culty DENHAM . 77.
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... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus , which was pre- sented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus , which was pre- sented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
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