Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... less supportable , he found it necessary to concur in the Revolution . He was one of those Lords who sat every day in council to preserve the public peace after the King's departure ; and , what is not the most illustrious action of his ...
... less supportable , he found it necessary to concur in the Revolution . He was one of those Lords who sat every day in council to preserve the public peace after the King's departure ; and , what is not the most illustrious action of his ...
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... less easily to be credited , so much endeared himself to his schoolfellows by his civility and good nature , that they , without murmur or ill - will , saw him indulged by the master with particular immunities . It is related that ...
... less easily to be credited , so much endeared himself to his schoolfellows by his civility and good nature , that they , without murmur or ill - will , saw him indulged by the master with particular immunities . It is related that ...
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... less encouragement than those of his own Flecknoe , or Blackmore ; that Tillotson and St. George , Tom Thumb and Temple , should be set on an equal foot . This is the reason why this very paper has been so long delayed ; and , while the ...
... less encouragement than those of his own Flecknoe , or Blackmore ; that Tillotson and St. George , Tom Thumb and Temple , should be set on an equal foot . This is the reason why this very paper has been so long delayed ; and , while the ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson Peter Cunningham. owing less to the poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not venture in public ; they ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson Peter Cunningham. owing less to the poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not venture in public ; they ...
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... less pertinent than agreeable . " His Phædra ' is a consummate tragedy , and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine expectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of ...
... less pertinent than agreeable . " His Phædra ' is a consummate tragedy , and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine expectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of ...
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