The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... mentioned with reverence rather for the possession than the exertion of uncommon abilities . Of his life little is known ; and that little claims no praise but what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any ...
... mentioned with reverence rather for the possession than the exertion of uncommon abilities . Of his life little is known ; and that little claims no praise but what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any ...
Pàgina 2
... mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered for our author's honour , that , when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the universities , he so ...
... mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered for our author's honour , that , when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the universities , he so ...
Pàgina 7
... mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature ...
... mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature ...
Pàgina 11
... mention of two such names may justify the largest expecta- tions , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime ...
... mention of two such names may justify the largest expecta- tions , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime ...
Pàgina 15
... mentioned the neglect of Smith's tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the ...
... mentioned the neglect of Smith's tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the ...
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