Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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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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... writer of verses ; as is shown by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgics , published in the Miscellanies ; and a Latin encomium on Queen Mary , in the " Muse Angli- canæ . " These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ...
... writer of verses ; as is shown by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgics , published in the Miscellanies ; and a Latin encomium on Queen Mary , in the " Muse Angli- canæ . " These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ...
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... write his " Dialogues on Medals , " and four acts of Cato . Such , at least , is the relation of Tickell . Perhaps he only collected his materials and formed his plan . Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the ...
... write his " Dialogues on Medals , " and four acts of Cato . Such , at least , is the relation of Tickell . Perhaps he only collected his materials and formed his plan . Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the ...
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... write upon literature or common life so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topic , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases ...
... write upon literature or common life so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topic , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases ...
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... write it . Of those portraits which may be supposed to be sometimes em- bellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent ...
... write it . Of those portraits which may be supposed to be sometimes em- bellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote