The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 14
... true , that they speak of different times . When Delany says that he was received with respect , he means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace ...
... true , that they speak of different times . When Delany says that he was received with respect , he means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace ...
Pàgina 27
... true of that , is not true of anything else which he has written . In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language , which rather trickles than flows . His delight was in simplicity . That he has in his works no metaphor ...
... true of that , is not true of anything else which he has written . In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language , which rather trickles than flows . His delight was in simplicity . That he has in his works no metaphor ...
Pàgina 33
... true religion and virtue ; his success in soliciting for the First Fruits and Twentieths , to the unspeakable benefit of the established Church of Ireland ; and his felicity ( to rate it no higher ) in giving occasion to the building of ...
... true religion and virtue ; his success in soliciting for the First Fruits and Twentieths , to the unspeakable benefit of the established Church of Ireland ; and his felicity ( to rate it no higher ) in giving occasion to the building of ...
Pàgina 34
... true ; but perhaps no writer can easily be found that has borrowed so little , or that in all his excellencies and all his defects has so well maintained his claim to be considered as original . BROOME He was WILLIAM BROOME was born in ...
... true ; but perhaps no writer can easily be found that has borrowed so little , or that in all his excellencies and all his defects has so well maintained his claim to be considered as original . BROOME He was WILLIAM BROOME was born in ...
Pàgina 50
... true , I have some doubts ; for at Paris , a few years ago , a niece of Mrs. Fermor , who presided in an English Convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed ...
... true , I have some doubts ; for at Paris , a few years ago , a niece of Mrs. Fermor , who presided in an English Convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed ...
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