Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... censure to say that they might have been written at home . His elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gain upon the reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of ...
... censure to say that they might have been written at home . His elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gain upon the reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of ...
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... censure of a British audience . The time , however , was now come when those who affected to think liberty in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was importuned , in the name of the ...
... censure of a British audience . The time , however , was now come when those who affected to think liberty in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was importuned , in the name of the ...
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... censured as a party - play by a scholar of Oxford ; and defended in a favourable examination by Dr. Sewel . It was translated by Salvini into Italian , and acted at Florence ; and by the Jesuits of St. Omer's into Latin , and played by ...
... censured as a party - play by a scholar of Oxford ; and defended in a favourable examination by Dr. Sewel . It was translated by Salvini into Italian , and acted at Florence ; and by the Jesuits of St. Omer's into Latin , and played by ...
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... censure so severe is admitted , let us consider that war is a frequent subject of poetry , and then inquire who has described it with more justice and force . Many of our own writers tried their powers upon this year of victory : yet ...
... censure so severe is admitted , let us consider that war is a frequent subject of poetry , and then inquire who has described it with more justice and force . Many of our own writers tried their powers upon this year of victory : yet ...
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... among us the use of dialogue too decla- matory , of unaffecting elegance , and chill philosophy . The universality of applause , however it might quell the censure of common mortals , had no other effect than 42 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... among us the use of dialogue too decla- matory , of unaffecting elegance , and chill philosophy . The universality of applause , however it might quell the censure of common mortals , had no other effect than 42 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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