The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... believe , silent and tender ; for one of his friends , from whom I learned much of his life , appeared not to know it . He was now driven to London , where he associated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or ...
... believe , silent and tender ; for one of his friends , from whom I learned much of his life , appeared not to know it . He was now driven to London , where he associated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or ...
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Samuel Johnson. boy's tale ; incredulus odi . What I cannot for a moment believe , I cannot for a moment behold with interest or anxiety . The sentiments thus remote from life , are removed yet further by the diction , which is too ...
Samuel Johnson. boy's tale ; incredulus odi . What I cannot for a moment believe , I cannot for a moment behold with interest or anxiety . The sentiments thus remote from life , are removed yet further by the diction , which is too ...
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... believe that the vice of which he has been accused was not gross , or not notorious . But his prosperity did not last long . His end , whatever was its cause , was now approaching . He enjoyed his preferment PARNELL no 1718 39 little ...
... believe that the vice of which he has been accused was not gross , or not notorious . But his prosperity did not last long . His end , whatever was its cause , was now approaching . He enjoyed his preferment PARNELL no 1718 39 little ...
Pàgina 41
... believe , every man has found in physicians great liberality , and dignity of sentiment , very prompt effusion of beneficence , and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre . Agreeably to this character , the ...
... believe , every man has found in physicians great liberality , and dignity of sentiment , very prompt effusion of beneficence , and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre . Agreeably to this character , the ...
Pàgina 48
... it ; yet , I believe , those who compare it with former copies , will find that he has done more than he promised ; and that , without the pomp of notes or boasts of criticism , many passages are happily 48 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... it ; yet , I believe , those who compare it with former copies , will find that he has done more than he promised ; and that , without the pomp of notes or boasts of criticism , many passages are happily 48 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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