Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... reason . He spends his time in outrages and acknowledgment , injury and reparation . Or , if there be any who hardens himself in oppression , and justifies the wrong because he has done it , his insensibility can make small part of his ...
... reason . He spends his time in outrages and acknowledgment , injury and reparation . Or , if there be any who hardens himself in oppression , and justifies the wrong because he has done it , his insensibility can make small part of his ...
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... reason for which the world has sometimes conspired to squander praise . It is not very unlikely that he wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no claim ...
... reason for which the world has sometimes conspired to squander praise . It is not very unlikely that he wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no claim ...
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... reason and nicety of distinction , was not at all difficult to him . " Twas a national loss to be deprived of one who understood a science so necessary , and yet so unknown in England . I shall add only , he had the same honesty and ...
... reason and nicety of distinction , was not at all difficult to him . " Twas a national loss to be deprived of one who understood a science so necessary , and yet so unknown in England . I shall add only , he had the same honesty and ...
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... reason why this very paper has been so long delayed ; and , while the most impudent and scandalous libels are publicly vended by the pirates , this innocent work is forced to steal abroad as if it were a libel . Our present writers are ...
... reason why this very paper has been so long delayed ; and , while the most impudent and scandalous libels are publicly vended by the pirates , this innocent work is forced to steal abroad as if it were a libel . Our present writers are ...
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... reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone to ...
... reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone to ...
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