The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him altogether on the account of the first of these titles ; but others , who knew him better , could not for- bear doing him justice as a prodigy ...
... acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him altogether on the account of the first of these titles ; but others , who knew him better , could not for- bear doing him justice as a prodigy ...
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... acquaintance ; and cannot perhaps be made entire , without great injustice to him , because few of them had his last hand , and the transcriber was often obliged to take the liberties of a friend . His condolence for the death of Mr ...
... acquaintance ; and cannot perhaps be made entire , without great injustice to him , because few of them had his last hand , and the transcriber was often obliged to take the liberties of a friend . His condolence for the death of Mr ...
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... acquaintance and retirements were his own free choice . What Mr. Prior observes upon a very great character , was true of him ; that most of his faults brought their excuse with them . Those who blamed him most understood him least , it ...
... acquaintance and retirements were his own free choice . What Mr. Prior observes upon a very great character , was true of him ; that most of his faults brought their excuse with them . Those who blamed him most understood him least , it ...
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... acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells , in one of his pieces , that he had once a design to have written the tragedy of Phædra , but was convinced that the action was too mythological . In 1709 , a year after the ...
... acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells , in one of his pieces , that he had once a design to have written the tragedy of Phædra , but was convinced that the action was too mythological . In 1709 , a year after the ...
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... acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus ... acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know , he could at least tell where to find ...
... acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus ... acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know , he could at least tell where to find ...
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