The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... praise but what can be 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 ...
... praise but what can be 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 ...
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... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little however that can be contra- dicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . Edmund Neal , known by the name of Smith , was ...
... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little however that can be contra- dicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . Edmund Neal , known by the name of Smith , was ...
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Samuel Johnson. such estimation among his companions that the casual censures or praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of ...
Samuel Johnson. such estimation among his companions that the casual censures or praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of ...
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... praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials , I am indebted to my conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
... praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials , I am indebted to my conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
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... praise . In 1668 he published Cowley's Latin poems , and prefixed in Latin the life of the author ; which he afterwards amplified , and placed before Cowley's English works , which were by will committed to his care . Ecclesiastical ...
... praise . In 1668 he published Cowley's Latin poems , and prefixed in Latin the life of the author ; which he afterwards amplified , and placed before Cowley's English works , which were by will committed to his care . Ecclesiastical ...
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