The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... kind a few single incidents are set against the general tenor of behaviour . No man , however , can pay a more servile tribute to the great , than by suffering his liberty in their presence to aggrandise him in his own esteem . Between ...
... kind a few single incidents are set against the general tenor of behaviour . No man , however , can pay a more servile tribute to the great , than by suffering his liberty in their presence to aggrandise him in his own esteem . Between ...
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... kind , or by whose prudence is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputation , that the Scottish Nation applied again that he would be their friend . He was become so formidable to the Whigs that his familiarity with the ...
... kind , or by whose prudence is not known ; and such was the increase of his reputation , that the Scottish Nation applied again that he would be their friend . He was become so formidable to the Whigs that his familiarity with the ...
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... kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear . He had a countenance sour and severe , which he seldom softened by any appearance of gaiety . He stubbornly resisted any ...
... kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear . He had a countenance sour and severe , which he seldom softened by any appearance of gaiety . He stubbornly resisted any ...
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... kind of defiance which justly provokes the hostility of ridicule ; he , therefore , who indulges peculiar habits is worse than others , if he be not better . Of his humour , a story told by Pope may afford a specimen . 1 ' Dr. Swift has ...
... kind of defiance which justly provokes the hostility of ridicule ; he , therefore , who indulges peculiar habits is worse than others , if he be not better . Of his humour , a story told by Pope may afford a specimen . 1 ' Dr. Swift has ...
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... kind in this world . When you consider his ironical and humorous , as well as his serious schemes , for the promotion of true religion and virtue ; his success in soliciting for the First Fruits and Twentieths , to the unspeakable ...
... kind in this world . When you consider his ironical and humorous , as well as his serious schemes , for the promotion of true religion and virtue ; his success in soliciting for the First Fruits and Twentieths , to the unspeakable ...
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