Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... equal to common expectations ; such a state as affords plenty and tranquillity , without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps no composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Choice . ' In his other poems ...
... equal to common expectations ; such a state as affords plenty and tranquillity , without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps no composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Choice . ' In his other poems ...
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... equal tranquillity of mind and promptitude of wit . Seldom any splendid story is wholly true . " I have heard from the late Earl of Orrery , who was likely to have good hereditary intelli- gence , that Lord Buckhurst had been a week ...
... equal tranquillity of mind and promptitude of wit . Seldom any splendid story is wholly true . " I have heard from the late Earl of Orrery , who was likely to have good hereditary intelli- gence , that Lord Buckhurst had been a week ...
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... equal expectation . This work he did not live to finish ; his diseases , a slow con- sumption and an asthma , put a stop to his studies , and on Feb. 15 , 1708 , at the beginning of his thirty - third year , put an end to his life . He ...
... equal expectation . This work he did not live to finish ; his diseases , a slow con- sumption and an asthma , put a stop to his studies , and on Feb. 15 , 1708 , at the beginning of his thirty - third year , put an end to his life . He ...
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... equal measures , and the embel- lishment of rhyme , must recommend to our attention the art of engrafting , and decide the merit of the redstreak and pearmain . What study could confer , Philips had obtained ; but natural deficience ...
... equal measures , and the embel- lishment of rhyme , must recommend to our attention the art of engrafting , and decide the merit of the redstreak and pearmain . What study could confer , Philips had obtained ; but natural deficience ...
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... equal to them , he might have served as a panegyrist on him . This is all I think necessary to say of his family . I shall proceed to himself and his writings , which I shall first treat of , because I know they are censured by some out ...
... equal to them , he might have served as a panegyrist on him . This is all I think necessary to say of his family . I shall proceed to himself and his writings , which I shall first treat of , because I know they are censured by some out ...
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