The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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Pàgina 54
... intereft to fuppress , and which , unless provoked by vindication , few were likely to examine . Though the life of a writer , from about thirty - five to fixty - three , may be supposed to have been fufficiently bufied by the com ...
... intereft to fuppress , and which , unless provoked by vindication , few were likely to examine . Though the life of a writer , from about thirty - five to fixty - three , may be supposed to have been fufficiently bufied by the com ...
Pàgina 61
... intereft are not by any fatal necef- fity at variance , that one may by accident introduce the other . When opinions are ftruggling into popularity , the arguments by which they are oppofed or defended be- come more known ; and he that ...
... intereft are not by any fatal necef- fity at variance , that one may by accident introduce the other . When opinions are ftruggling into popularity , the arguments by which they are oppofed or defended be- come more known ; and he that ...
Pàgina 89
... judgement much rebelled against his intereft . There are minds which easily fink into fubmiffion , that , look on grandeur with undiftinguishing reverence , and difcover no defect where there is undif- DRY DE ̈ N. 89.
... judgement much rebelled against his intereft . There are minds which easily fink into fubmiffion , that , look on grandeur with undiftinguishing reverence , and difcover no defect where there is undif- DRY DE ̈ N. 89.
Pàgina 123
... intereft ; and what happens to them of good or evil , the poets have al- ways confidered as bufinefs for the Muse . But after fo many inauguratory gratulations , nuptial hymns , and funeral dirges , he must be highly favoured by nature ...
... intereft ; and what happens to them of good or evil , the poets have al- ways confidered as bufinefs for the Muse . But after fo many inauguratory gratulations , nuptial hymns , and funeral dirges , he must be highly favoured by nature ...
Pàgina 161
... intereft- ed in the event . One gave him the different editions of his author , and another helped him in the fubordinate parts . The argu- ments of the several books were given him by Addison . The hopes of the publick were not dif ...
... intereft- ed in the event . One gave him the different editions of his author , and another helped him in the fubordinate parts . The argu- ments of the several books were given him by Addison . The hopes of the publick were not dif ...
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