The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... mean and trifling , that , like the junior compositions of Mr. Stepney , they may make grey authors blush . There are many of his first essays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epic , still handed about the university in manuscript ...
... mean and trifling , that , like the junior compositions of Mr. Stepney , they may make grey authors blush . There are many of his first essays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epic , still handed about the university in manuscript ...
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... once point out the graces and deformities . By this means he seemed to read with a design to correct , as well as imitate . Being thus prepared , he could not but taste every little delicacy that was set before him ; though it was SMITH 5.
... once point out the graces and deformities . By this means he seemed to read with a design to correct , as well as imitate . Being thus prepared , he could not but taste every little delicacy that was set before him ; though it was SMITH 5.
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... mean enough to solicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the College . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict in 1694 , the former order of 1687 , and sent it to the mayor and aldermen , who appointed ...
... mean enough to solicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the College . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict in 1694 , the former order of 1687 , and sent it to the mayor and aldermen , who appointed ...
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... means and end have no necessary connection . Resnel , in his Preface to Pope's Essay , remarks that Garth exhibits no discrimination of characters ; and that what any one says might with equal propriety have been said by another . The ...
... means and end have no necessary connection . Resnel , in his Preface to Pope's Essay , remarks that Garth exhibits no discrimination of characters ; and that what any one says might with equal propriety have been said by another . The ...
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... mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the sonorous magnificence of Roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In his ...
... mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the sonorous magnificence of Roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In his ...
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