The lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Rivington, 1820 |
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Page 31
... effect is to represent plea- sure in alliance with vice , and to relax those obli- gations by which life ought to be regulated . The stage found other advocates , and the dispute was protracted through ten years ; but at last co medy ...
... effect is to represent plea- sure in alliance with vice , and to relax those obli- gations by which life ought to be regulated . The stage found other advocates , and the dispute was protracted through ten years ; but at last co medy ...
Page 45
... effects more than the suppression of faults ; a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very lit- tle helped by local ...
... effects more than the suppression of faults ; a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very lit- tle helped by local ...
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... effects of public resentment , but has been caressed and patronised by persons of great figure and of all denomina- tions . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their turn to shew parti- cular respect and ...
... effects of public resentment , but has been caressed and patronised by persons of great figure and of all denomina- tions . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their turn to shew parti- cular respect and ...
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... effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelli- gence among his relations in his native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near Newcastle , in Staffordshire , of an ancient family , whose estate was very ...
... effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelli- gence among his relations in his native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near Newcastle , in Staffordshire , of an ancient family , whose estate was very ...
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... effect of reality and truth became con- spicuous , even when the intention was to shew them grovelling and degraded . These Pastorals be- came popular , and were read with delight , as just representations of rural manners and occupa ...
... effect of reality and truth became con- spicuous , even when the intention was to shew them grovelling and degraded . These Pastorals be- came popular , and were read with delight , as just representations of rural manners and occupa ...
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