The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth , with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show what fine things one man of parts can say of another ; and ...
... excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth , with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show what fine things one man of parts can say of another ; and ...
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... excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron , accepted the dedication ...
... excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron , accepted the dedication ...
Pàgina 31
... excellence . My business is only with his poems . He considered Cowley as a model ; and supposed that as he was imitated , perfection was approached . Nothing therefore but Pindaric liberty was to be expected . There is in his few ...
... excellence . My business is only with his poems . He considered Cowley as a model ; and supposed that as he was imitated , perfection was approached . Nothing therefore but Pindaric liberty was to be expected . There is in his few ...
Pàgina 45
... excellence , and yet to have cost him very little labour . At sixteen he had in his father's opinion made advances in learning sufficient to qualify him for the study of law , and was entered a student of the Middle Temple , where for ...
... excellence , and yet to have cost him very little labour . At sixteen he had in his father's opinion made advances in learning sufficient to qualify him for the study of law , and was entered a student of the Middle Temple , where for ...
Pàgina 80
... excellence . Of very extensive learning he has in- deed given no proofs . He seems to have had small acquaint- ance with the sciences , and to have read little except Latin and French ; but of the Latin poets his Dialogues on Medals ...
... excellence . Of very extensive learning he has in- deed given no proofs . He seems to have had small acquaint- ance with the sciences , and to have read little except Latin and French ; but of the Latin poets his Dialogues on Medals ...
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