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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... reason to believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) , fpread triumph and con- fidence over the nation ; and lord Godolphin , lamenting to lord Halifax , that it ...
... reason to believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) , fpread triumph and con- fidence over the nation ; and lord Godolphin , lamenting to lord Halifax , that it ...
Page 55
... reason which induced Cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi fola nacio Don Quixote , y yo para el , made Addison declare , with an undue vehe- mence of expreffion , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they ...
... reason which induced Cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi fola nacio Don Quixote , y yo para el , made Addison declare , with an undue vehe- mence of expreffion , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they ...
Page 71
... reason , with an account of declining health , and the neceffity of recefs and quiet , and when he afferted , as he has done in his life of Prior , that " Ad- " dison exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of ...
... reason , with an account of declining health , and the neceffity of recefs and quiet , and when he afferted , as he has done in his life of Prior , that " Ad- " dison exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of ...
Page 72
... reason for esteeming him , than all that flattery with which thofe who have prefumed to reprehend me have befmeared his memory ; but I did not think myself bound , by the confideration that he is the idol of the whigs , to fupprefs a ...
... reason for esteeming him , than all that flattery with which thofe who have prefumed to reprehend me have befmeared his memory ; but I did not think myself bound , by the confideration that he is the idol of the whigs , to fupprefs a ...
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... reason fufpected , that by fome difinge- nuous acts he endeavoured to obftruct it ; Pope was not the only man whom he infidiously injured , though the only man of whom he could be afraid . His own powers were fuch as might have ...
... reason fufpected , that by fome difinge- nuous acts he endeavoured to obftruct it ; Pope was not the only man whom he infidiously injured , though the only man of whom he could be afraid . His own powers were fuch as might have ...
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