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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... mind . Of the little that appears still lefs is his own . His praise must be derived from the eafy fweetnefs of his diction : in his verfes there is more happiness than pains ; he is fpritely without effort , and always delights ...
... mind . Of the little that appears still lefs is his own . His praise must be derived from the eafy fweetnefs of his diction : in his verfes there is more happiness than pains ; he is fpritely without effort , and always delights ...
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... mind , wearied with perpetual doubt , willingly feeks repofe in the bofom of an infallible church , His poetry has been praised at leaft equally to its merit . In the Difpenfary there is a strain of fmooth and free verfification ; but ...
... mind , wearied with perpetual doubt , willingly feeks repofe in the bofom of an infallible church , His poetry has been praised at leaft equally to its merit . In the Difpenfary there is a strain of fmooth and free verfification ; but ...
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... mind , which was already fuch that he endea- voured to comprehend law , not as a series of prece- dents , or collection of pofitive precepts , but as a fyftem of rational governinent , and impartial juftice . When he was nineteen , he ...
... mind , which was already fuch that he endea- voured to comprehend law , not as a series of prece- dents , or collection of pofitive precepts , but as a fyftem of rational governinent , and impartial juftice . When he was nineteen , he ...
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... mind , " he took great delight in divinity and ecclefiaftical " hiftory , in both which he made great advances in " the times he retired into the country , which was fre- quent . He expreffed , on all occafions , his full per- " fuafion ...
... mind , " he took great delight in divinity and ecclefiaftical " hiftory , in both which he made great advances in " the times he retired into the country , which was fre- quent . He expreffed , on all occafions , his full per- " fuafion ...
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... mind , and the fame indif- " ference for life , as though he had been upon taking " but a short journey . He was twice married ; first to " a daughter of Mr. Parfons , one of the auditors of " the revenue ; and afterwards to a daughter ...
... mind , and the fame indif- " ference for life , as though he had been upon taking " but a short journey . He was twice married ; first to " a daughter of Mr. Parfons , one of the auditors of " the revenue ; and afterwards to a daughter ...
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