Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... Thoughts of Socrates Daphnaida , and other Poems .. Undine , and The Two Captains The Bravo of Venice The Legends of St. Patrick Voyages and Travels The Castle of Otranto Lives of Alcibiades , Aristides , & c . Table Talk .. DICKENS ...
... Thoughts of Socrates Daphnaida , and other Poems .. Undine , and The Two Captains The Bravo of Venice The Legends of St. Patrick Voyages and Travels The Castle of Otranto Lives of Alcibiades , Aristides , & c . Table Talk .. DICKENS ...
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... which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the sonorous mag- nificence of Roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from ADDISON . 9.
... which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the sonorous mag- nificence of Roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from ADDISON . 9.
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Samuel Johnson. of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader and often from himself . In his twenty - second year he first showed his power of English poetry by some verses addressed to Dryden ; and soon after published a ...
Samuel Johnson. of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader and often from himself . In his twenty - second year he first showed his power of English poetry by some verses addressed to Dryden ; and soon after published a ...
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... thought a promoter of insurrection , and the line was liquidated to " Britains , attend . " Now " heavily in clouds came on the day , the great , the important day , " when Addison was to stand the hazard of the theatre . That there ...
... thought a promoter of insurrection , and the line was liquidated to " Britains , attend . " Now " heavily in clouds came on the day , the great , the important day , " when Addison was to stand the hazard of the theatre . That there ...
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... thought extrinsic and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the four acts filled in the first draft ? At the publication the wits seemed proud to pay their attendance with encomiastic verses . The ...
... thought extrinsic and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the four acts filled in the first draft ? At the publication the wits seemed proud to pay their attendance with encomiastic verses . The ...
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