Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... 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 Savage's condition , I should have lived or written ...
... 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 Savage's condition , I should have lived or written ...
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... says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better 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 ...
... says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better 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 ...
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... says Dryden , " my latter swarm is scarcely worth the hiving . " About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and produced an Essay on the Georgics , juvenile , superficial , and ...
... says Dryden , " my latter swarm is scarcely worth the hiving . " About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and produced an Essay on the Georgics , juvenile , superficial , and ...
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... 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 the public ...
... 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 the public ...
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... say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with ...
... say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with ...
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