Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... manners of a gentleman in days when there were still gentlemen of fashion who drank , lied , and swaggered into midnight brawls . I have no doubt whatever that he was the son of the nurse with whom the INTRODUCTION. ...
... manners of a gentleman in days when there were still gentlemen of fashion who drank , lied , and swaggered into midnight brawls . I have no doubt whatever that he was the son of the nurse with whom the INTRODUCTION. ...
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... manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were unprofitably enriched with public money , without any care to find or ...
... manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were unprofitably enriched with public money , without any care to find or ...
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... Manners , ” and Castig- lione in his " Courtier : " two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors ...
... Manners , ” and Castig- lione in his " Courtier : " two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors ...
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... Manners of the Age . " The personages introduced in these papers were not merely ideal ; they were then known , and conspicuous in various stations . Of the Tatler this is told by Steele in his last paper ; and of the Spectator by ...
... Manners of the Age . " The personages introduced in these papers were not merely ideal ; they were then known , and conspicuous in various stations . Of the Tatler this is told by Steele in his last paper ; and of the Spectator by ...
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... manner to which nothing could be objected . The greatest weakness of the play is in the scenes of love , which are said by Pope to have been added to the original plan upon a subsequent review , in compliance with the popular practice ...
... manner to which nothing could be objected . The greatest weakness of the play is in the scenes of love , which are said by Pope to have been added to the original plan upon a subsequent review , in compliance with the popular practice ...
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