The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... poetical Effays , was the " Diffentions in " Athens and Rome , " publifhed ( 1701 ) in his thirty - fourth year . After its appearance , paying a vifit to fome bishop , he heard mention made of the new pamphlet that Burnet had written ...
... poetical Effays , was the " Diffentions in " Athens and Rome , " publifhed ( 1701 ) in his thirty - fourth year . After its appearance , paying a vifit to fome bishop , he heard mention made of the new pamphlet that Burnet had written ...
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... poetical im- mortality . He was feized not long afterwards by a fit of giddinefs , and again heard of the fickness and dan- ger of Mrs. Johnfon . He then left the house of Pope , as it feems , with very little ceremony , find- ing ...
... poetical im- mortality . He was feized not long afterwards by a fit of giddinefs , and again heard of the fickness and dan- ger of Mrs. Johnfon . He then left the house of Pope , as it feems , with very little ceremony , find- ing ...
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... to the manifeft hazard " both his liberty and fortune . " “ He lived a bleffing , he died a benefactor , and " his name will ever live an honour , to Ireland . " IN the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not In SWIFT . 47.
... to the manifeft hazard " both his liberty and fortune . " “ He lived a bleffing , he died a benefactor , and " his name will ever live an honour , to Ireland . " IN the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not In SWIFT . 47.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. IN the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critick can exercise his powers . They are often humorous , almost always light , and have the qualities which ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. IN the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critick can exercise his powers . They are often humorous , almost always light , and have the qualities which ...
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... poetical hiftory , the reader has a right to know upon what grounds I eftablish my narration . That the verfion was not wholly Pope's , was always known ; he had mentioned the affiftance of two friends in his propofals , and at the end ...
... poetical hiftory , the reader has a right to know upon what grounds I eftablish my narration . That the verfion was not wholly Pope's , was always known ; he had mentioned the affiftance of two friends in his propofals , and at the end ...
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