The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... languages he was no stranger ) , and in all the celebrated writers of his own country . But then , according to the curious observation of the late Earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism , and , as it were ...
... languages he was no stranger ) , and in all the celebrated writers of his own country . But then , according to the curious observation of the late Earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism , and , as it were ...
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... language , generosity , and valour . For him Mr. Smith had contracted a perfect friendship ; a passion he was most susceptible of , and whose laws he looked upon as sacred and inviolable . Every subject that passed under his pen had all ...
... language , generosity , and valour . For him Mr. Smith had contracted a perfect friendship ; a passion he was most susceptible of , and whose laws he looked upon as sacred and inviolable . Every subject that passed under his pen had all ...
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... language . He had drawn out the plan of a tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and ...
... language . He had drawn out the plan of a tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and ...
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... languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . ' The simile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his youth , is compared to Ætna flaming through the snow , which Smith has used with great pomp , is ...
... languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . ' The simile , by which an old man , retaining the fire of his youth , is compared to Ætna flaming through the snow , which Smith has used with great pomp , is ...
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... language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . There are some passages too ludicrous ; but every human performance has its faults . This elegy it was the mode among his friends to purchase ...
... language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . There are some passages too ludicrous ; but every human performance has its faults . This elegy it was the mode among his friends to purchase ...
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