The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, W. Mudie, & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1800 |
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... Some that with care true cloquence shall teach , And to juft idioms fix our doubtful speech . That from our writers diftant realms may know The thanks we to our monarchs owe , And schools profefs our tongue through every land , Ihat has ...
... Some that with care true cloquence shall teach , And to juft idioms fix our doubtful speech . That from our writers diftant realms may know The thanks we to our monarchs owe , And schools profefs our tongue through every land , Ihat has ...
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... Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verfes to Godolphin upon the lofs of his place , was written by Prior , and anfwered by Addifon , who appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelli- gence ...
... Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verfes to Godolphin upon the lofs of his place , was written by Prior , and anfwered by Addifon , who appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelli- gence ...
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... Some of them , how- ever , are preferved by their inherent excellence . The burlefque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in fome parts , fuch airiness and levity as will always procure it readers , even among thofe who cannot compare it ...
... Some of them , how- ever , are preferved by their inherent excellence . The burlefque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in fome parts , fuch airiness and levity as will always procure it readers , even among thofe who cannot compare it ...
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... . By this new structure of his lines he has avoided difficulties ; nor am I fure that he has loft any of the power of pleafing ; but he no longer imitates Spenfer . Some N Some of his poems are written without regularity of 26 PRIOR .
... . By this new structure of his lines he has avoided difficulties ; nor am I fure that he has loft any of the power of pleafing ; but he no longer imitates Spenfer . Some N Some of his poems are written without regularity of 26 PRIOR .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. N Some of his poems are written without regularity of measures ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatuation ; but he probably lived to be ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. N Some of his poems are written without regularity of measures ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatuation ; but he probably lived to be ...
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