The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... took in and surmounted the most subtle and knotty parts of mathematics and metaphysics . His wit was prompt and flowing , yet solid and piercing ; his taste delicate , his head clear , and his way of expressing his thoughts perspicuous ...
... took in and surmounted the most subtle and knotty parts of mathematics and metaphysics . His wit was prompt and flowing , yet solid and piercing ; his taste delicate , his head clear , and his way of expressing his thoughts perspicuous ...
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... took with them , with an unreserved and prudent resignation . I have seen sketches and rough draughts of some poems he designed , set out analytically ; wherein the fable , structure , and connection , the images , incidents , moral ...
... took with them , with an unreserved and prudent resignation . I have seen sketches and rough draughts of some poems he designed , set out analytically ; wherein the fable , structure , and connection , the images , incidents , moral ...
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... took care to have no dealings with mankind in which he could not be just ; and he desired to be at no other expense in his pretensions than that of intrinsic merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his ...
... took care to have no dealings with mankind in which he could not be just ; and he desired to be at no other expense in his pretensions than that of intrinsic merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his ...
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... took his master's degree on the 8th of July 1696 : he therefore was probably admitted into the university in 1689 , when we may suppose him twenty years old . His reputation for literature in his college was such as has been told ; but ...
... took his master's degree on the 8th of July 1696 : he therefore was probably admitted into the university in 1689 , when we may suppose him twenty years old . His reputation for literature in his college was such as has been told ; but ...
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... took so little care of himself . From this time Smith employed his malice and his wit against the Dean , Dr. Aldrich , whom he considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him , I once heard a single line too gross to ...
... took so little care of himself . From this time Smith employed his malice and his wit against the Dean , Dr. Aldrich , whom he considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him , I once heard a single line too gross to ...
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