The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... attention ; and the account which is here to be expected may properly be proportioned not to his influence in the State , but to his rank among the writers of verse . Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 , at Horton in ...
... attention ; and the account which is here to be expected may properly be proportioned not to his influence in the State , but to his rank among the writers of verse . Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 , at Horton in ...
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... attention to his fortune , which however was in no great need of improvement . Parnell , who did not want ambition or vanity , was desirous to make himself conspicuous , and to show how worthy he was of high preferment . As he thought ...
... attention to his fortune , which however was in no great need of improvement . Parnell , who did not want ambition or vanity , was desirous to make himself conspicuous , and to show how worthy he was of high preferment . As he thought ...
Pàgina 47
... attention . Rhodogune is a personage truly tragical , of high spirit , and violent passions , great with tempestuous dignity , and wicked with a soul that would have been heroic if it had been virtuous . The motto seems to tell that ...
... attention . Rhodogune is a personage truly tragical , of high spirit , and violent passions , great with tempestuous dignity , and wicked with a soul that would have been heroic if it had been virtuous . The motto seems to tell that ...
Pàgina 64
... attention of the people from public discontent . The Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency : they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plausible declarations , and each perhaps ...
... attention of the people from public discontent . The Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency : they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plausible declarations , and each perhaps ...
Pàgina 70
... attention of the public upon a criticism which , though sometimes intemperate , was often irrefragable . While Cato was upon the stage , another daily paper , called The Guardian , was published by Steele . To this Addison gave great ...
... attention of the public upon a criticism which , though sometimes intemperate , was often irrefragable . While Cato was upon the stage , another daily paper , called The Guardian , was published by Steele . To this Addison gave great ...
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