The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... known , had he had no other attractions than those of his poetry , of which a fhort time has withered the beauties . It would now be efteemed no honour , by a contributor to the monthly bundles of verfes , to be told , that , in ftrains ...
... known , had he had no other attractions than those of his poetry , of which a fhort time has withered the beauties . It would now be efteemed no honour , by a contributor to the monthly bundles of verfes , to be told , that , in ftrains ...
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... known to all the great men of that denomination . In 1710 , when the government fell into other hands , he writ to lord Godolphin , on his difmiffion , a fhort poem , which was criticised in the Examiner , and fo fuccefsfully either ...
... known to all the great men of that denomination . In 1710 , when the government fell into other hands , he writ to lord Godolphin , on his difmiffion , a fhort poem , which was criticised in the Examiner , and fo fuccefsfully either ...
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... known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern Latin , and therefore his profeffion of regard , was probably the effect of his civility rather than ap- probation . Three of his Latin poems are upon ...
... known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern Latin , and therefore his profeffion of regard , was probably the effect of his civility rather than ap- probation . Three of his Latin poems are upon ...
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... known that fuch collections had been made twice before by Italian authors . The most amufing paffage of his book is his ac- count of the minute republick of San Marino ; of many parts it is not a very fevere cenfure to fay that they ...
... known that fuch collections had been made twice before by Italian authors . The most amufing paffage of his book is his ac- count of the minute republick of San Marino ; of many parts it is not a very fevere cenfure to fay that they ...
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... a remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he discovered himself . It is indeed not eafy for any inan to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not hot to make himself known to thofe with whom he 50 ADDISON .
... a remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he discovered himself . It is indeed not eafy for any inan to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not hot to make himself known to thofe with whom he 50 ADDISON .
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