The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... perhaps be made entire , without great injustice to him , because few of them had his last hand , and the transcriber was often obliged to take the liberties of a friend . His condolence for the death of Mr. Philips is full of the ...
... perhaps be made entire , without great injustice to him , because few of them had his last hand , and the transcriber was often obliged to take the liberties of a friend . His condolence for the death of Mr. Philips is full of the ...
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... perhaps reasonable , complaints of her dispensations , under which he had honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have ...
... perhaps reasonable , complaints of her dispensations , under which he had honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have ...
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... whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . This ode , which closed the second volume of the Musæ Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to 12 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . This ode , which closed the second volume of the Musæ Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to 12 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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Samuel Johnson. Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far the best lyric composition in that collection ; nor do I know where to find it equalled among the modern writers . It expresses , with ...
Samuel Johnson. Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far the best lyric composition in that collection ; nor do I know where to find it equalled among the modern writers . It expresses , with ...
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... perhaps be doubted . He was , how- ever , caressed by men of great abilities , whatever were their party , and was supported by the liberality of those who de- lighted in his conversation . There was once a design hinted at by ...
... perhaps be doubted . He was , how- ever , caressed by men of great abilities , whatever were their party , and was supported by the liberality of those who de- lighted in his conversation . There was once a design hinted at by ...
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