The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , fometimes re- membered , and perhaps fometimes for- gotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propensity for fome certain science or employment , which is ...
... relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , fometimes re- membered , and perhaps fometimes for- gotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propensity for fome certain science or employment , which is ...
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... relate , " That he had this " defect in his memory at that time , that “ his teachers never could bring it to retain " the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an inftance of the natúral defire of man to propagate a wonder . It is ...
... relate , " That he had this " defect in his memory at that time , that “ his teachers never could bring it to retain " the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an inftance of the natúral defire of man to propagate a wonder . It is ...
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... relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much “ taken notice of by the royal party ) , ' hẹ 66. obtained an order to be created Doctor " of Phyfick , which being done to his " mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will ...
... relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much “ taken notice of by the royal party ) , ' hẹ 66. obtained an order to be created Doctor " of Phyfick , which being done to his " mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will ...
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... relate what I fear is true , that Milton was one of the laft ftudents in either uni- versity that suffered the publick indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controverfial hoftility , objected to him , that he ...
... relate what I fear is true , that Milton was one of the laft ftudents in either uni- versity that suffered the publick indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controverfial hoftility , objected to him , that he ...
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... relates , with great luxuriance , the compenfation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks . By the mention of this name , he evidently refers to Albumazar ...
... relates , with great luxuriance , the compenfation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks . By the mention of this name , he evidently refers to Albumazar ...
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