The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... sufficient creatures , who have either trifled with philosophy by attempting to ridicule it , or have en- cumbered it with novel terms and burdensome explanations , understood its real weight and purity half so well as Mr. Smith . He ...
... sufficient creatures , who have either trifled with philosophy by attempting to ridicule it , or have en- cumbered it with novel terms and burdensome explanations , understood its real weight and purity half so well as Mr. Smith . He ...
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... 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 , which he sent to the Reverend Mr. Richard Parker , a friend of his , late ...
... 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 , which he sent to the Reverend Mr. Richard Parker , a friend of his , late ...
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... sufficient evidence by his excellent ode on the death of the great Orientalist , Dr. Pocock , who died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . This ode , which ...
... sufficient evidence by his excellent ode on the death of the great Orientalist , Dr. Pocock , who died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . This ode , which ...
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... sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron , accepted the dedication . Smith's indolence kept ...
... sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron , accepted the dedication . Smith's indolence kept ...
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... sufficient to bring a testimonial from a clergyman officiating in the parish where the patient resided . After a year's experience , the physicians found their charity frustrated by some malignant opposition , and made to a 41 GARTH •
... sufficient to bring a testimonial from a clergyman officiating in the parish where the patient resided . After a year's experience , the physicians found their charity frustrated by some malignant opposition , and made to a 41 GARTH •
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