The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... sometimes has its favourites , whom it rewards for one species of excellence with the honours due to another . From him , whom we reverence for his beneficence , we do not willingly withhold the praise of genius ; a man of exalted merit ...
... sometimes has its favourites , whom it rewards for one species of excellence with the honours due to another . From him , whom we reverence for his beneficence , we do not willingly withhold the praise of genius ; a man of exalted merit ...
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... sometimes elevated , and his trifles are sometimes ele- gant . In his verses to Addison , the couplet which mentions Clio is written with the most exquisite delicacy of praise ; it exhibits one of those happy strokes that are seldom at ...
... sometimes elevated , and his trifles are sometimes ele- gant . In his verses to Addison , the couplet which mentions Clio is written with the most exquisite delicacy of praise ; it exhibits one of those happy strokes that are seldom at ...
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... sometimes related an instance too extraordinary to be omitted , as it affords a very just idea of his patron's character . He was once desired hv sir Richard , with an air of the utmost importance , to come very early to his house the ...
... sometimes related an instance too extraordinary to be omitted , as it affords a very just idea of his patron's character . He was once desired hv sir Richard , with an air of the utmost importance , to come very early to his house the ...
Pàgina 78
... sometimes incite him to mention too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or ...
... sometimes incite him to mention too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or ...
Pàgina 80
... sometimes , by the kindness of mr . Wilks , the advantage of a benefit , on which occasions he often re- ceived uncommon marks of regard and compassion ; and was once told by the duke of Dorset , that it was just to consider him as an ...
... sometimes , by the kindness of mr . Wilks , the advantage of a benefit , on which occasions he often re- ceived uncommon marks of regard and compassion ; and was once told by the duke of Dorset , that it was just to consider him as an ...
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