Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... known the harder trials of the world , when he says of Savage , " Those are no proper judges of his conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in ...
... known the harder trials of the world , when he says of Savage , " Those are no proper judges of his conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in ...
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... known of Boileau than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern Latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably the effect of his civility rather than approbation . Three of his Latin poems are upon subjects ...
... known of Boileau than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern Latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably the effect of his civility rather than approbation . Three of his Latin poems are upon subjects ...
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... of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble had he known that such collections had been made twice ADDISON . 11.
... of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble had he known that such collections had been made twice ADDISON . 11.
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Samuel Johnson. had he known that such collections had been made twice before by Italian authors . The most amusing passage of his book is his account of the minute republic of San ... known that such collections had been made twice ...
Samuel Johnson. had he known that such collections had been made twice before by Italian authors . The most amusing passage of his book is his account of the minute republic of San ... known that such collections had been made twice ...
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... 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 . If Steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a ...
... 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 . If Steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a ...
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