The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... conversation was pleasant and instructive ; and what Horace said of Plotius , Varius , and Virgil , might justly be applied to him : ' Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico . ' Hor . Sat. i . 5. 44 . As correct a writer as he was in ...
... conversation was pleasant and instructive ; and what Horace said of Plotius , Varius , and Virgil , might justly be applied to him : ' Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico . ' Hor . Sat. i . 5. 44 . As correct a writer as he was in ...
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... conversation . There was once a design hinted at by Oldisworth , to have made him useful . One evening , as he was sitting with a friend at a tavern , he was called down by the waiter ; and , having stayed some time below , came up ...
... conversation . There was once a design hinted at by Oldisworth , to have made him useful . One evening , as he was sitting with a friend at a tavern , he was called down by the waiter ; and , having stayed some time below , came up ...
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... conversation were considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of criticism , and by a cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He ...
... conversation were considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of criticism , and by a cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He ...
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... conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus- pect Ducket ...
... conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus- pect Ducket ...
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... conversation and accomplishments , as to obtain very extensive practice ; and , if a pamphlet of those times may be credited , had the favour and confidence of one party , as Ratcliffe had of the other . He is always mentioned as a man ...
... conversation and accomplishments , as to obtain very extensive practice ; and , if a pamphlet of those times may be credited , had the favour and confidence of one party , as Ratcliffe had of the other . He is always mentioned as a man ...
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