The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... given to intellectual 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 ...
... given to intellectual 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 ...
Pàgina 14
... given to Mr. Foulkes , his junior ; the same , I suppose , that joined with Freind in an edition of part of Demosthenes ; the censor is a tutor , and it was not thought proper to trust the superin- tendence of others to a man who took ...
... given to Mr. Foulkes , his junior ; the same , I suppose , that joined with Freind in an edition of part of Demosthenes ; the censor is a tutor , and it was not thought proper to trust the superin- tendence of others to a man who took ...
Pàgina 17
... given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradic- tion of a shopman , and boastful of his own knowledge , treated the notice with rude contempt , and swallowed his own medicine , which , in July 1710 , brought him to ...
... given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradic- tion of a shopman , and boastful of his own knowledge , treated the notice with rude contempt , and swallowed his own medicine , which , in July 1710 , brought him to ...
Pàgina 25
... given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight in the quiet of Mountown . In 1708 , when Lord Wharton was sent to govern Ireland , King returned to ...
... given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight in the quiet of Mountown . In 1708 , when Lord Wharton was sent to govern Ireland , King returned to ...
Pàgina 30
... given that the flower - pots should be inspected . The messengers however missed the room in which the paper was left . Blackhead went therefore a third time ; and finding his paper where he had left it , brought it away . The Bishop ...
... given that the flower - pots should be inspected . The messengers however missed the room in which the paper was left . Blackhead went therefore a third time ; and finding his paper where he had left it , brought it away . The Bishop ...
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