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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... mean enough to folicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counfels of the College . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict , in 1694 , the former order of 1687 , and fent it to the mayor and aldermen , who ...
... mean enough to folicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counfels of the College . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict , in 1694 , the former order of 1687 , and fent it to the mayor and aldermen , who ...
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... , and few rife much above it . The plan feems formed without just proportion to the fubject ; the means and end have no neceffary connection . Refnel , in his Preface to to Pope's Effay , remarks , that Garth exhibits no GART H.
... , and few rife much above it . The plan feems formed without just proportion to the fubject ; the means and end have no neceffary connection . Refnel , in his Preface to to Pope's Effay , remarks , that Garth exhibits no GART H.
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... mean because nothing is familiar , affords great con- veniences ; and by the fonorous magnificence of Ro- man fyllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In ...
... mean because nothing is familiar , affords great con- veniences ; and by the fonorous magnificence of Ro- man fyllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In ...
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... mean time gone to work himself , and produced half an act , which he afterwards completed , but with brevity irregularly disproportionate to the foregoing parts ; parts ; like a task performed with reluctance , and ADDISON . 37.
... mean time gone to work himself , and produced half an act , which he afterwards completed , but with brevity irregularly disproportionate to the foregoing parts ; parts ; like a task performed with reluctance , and ADDISON . 37.
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... means favourable to literature , when the fucceffion of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , difcord , and confufion ; and either the turbulence of the times ; or the fatiety of the readers , put a stop to the ...
... means favourable to literature , when the fucceffion of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , difcord , and confufion ; and either the turbulence of the times ; or the fatiety of the readers , put a stop to the ...
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Addiſon affiftance afterwards againſt anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt Cato cenfure character compofitions confidered converfation death deferved defign defired diſcovered earl eaſily Effay elegance endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes feems feldom fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed fupport fure genius himſelf honour houfe houſe intereft juft kindneſs king laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord maſter moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe promife publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reafon refolution Savage ſeems ſhe ſtate Swift Syphax Tatler tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion tranflated Tyrconnel uſed verfes verſes Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote