Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... give pleasure ; but there is , in the whole , little either of the grace of wit , or the vigour of nature.5 5 The Diplomatic Correspondence of Stepney is now in the British Museum , but does not add anything to our knowledge of his ...
... give pleasure ; but there is , in the whole , little either of the grace of wit , or the vigour of nature.5 5 The Diplomatic Correspondence of Stepney is now in the British Museum , but does not add anything to our knowledge of his ...
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... give him for his poem of ' Cyder , ' in two books , forty guineas ; one hundred copies on large paper , and two dedication copies bound in Turkey leather . For a second edition he was to give him ten guineas . On the 24th January , 1707 ...
... give him for his poem of ' Cyder , ' in two books , forty guineas ; one hundred copies on large paper , and two dedication copies bound in Turkey leather . For a second edition he was to give him ten guineas . On the 24th January , 1707 ...
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... gives no pain . But the merit of such performances begins and ends with the first author . He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult ...
... gives no pain . But the merit of such performances begins and ends with the first author . He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult ...
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... give praise and expect it in their turns : they commend their Patrus and Molières as well as their Condés and Turennes ; their Pellisons and Racines have their elogies , as well as the prince whom they celebrate ; and their poems ...
... give praise and expect it in their turns : they commend their Patrus and Molières as well as their Condés and Turennes ; their Pellisons and Racines have their elogies , as well as the prince whom they celebrate ; and their poems ...
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... give an account of him ) should forbear to celebrate the memory of one so dear to them , but only that they look upon it as a work entirely belonging to me . I shall content myself with giving only a character of the person and his ...
... give an account of him ) should forbear to celebrate the memory of one so dear to them , but only that they look upon it as a work entirely belonging to me . I shall content myself with giving only a character of the person and his ...
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