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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... whose difpofition was very different from his own , he procured , without intention , a very liberal patronage to poetry . Addison was careffed both by Somers and Montague . In 1697 appeared his Latin verfes on the peace of Ryfwick ...
... whose difpofition was very different from his own , he procured , without intention , a very liberal patronage to poetry . Addison was careffed both by Somers and Montague . In 1697 appeared his Latin verfes on the peace of Ryfwick ...
Page 65
... whose materials were more , made little ufe ; having recourse to sketches and hints , the product of his former ftudies , which he now re- viewed and completed : among these are named by . Tickell the Effays on Wit , thofe on the ...
... whose materials were more , made little ufe ; having recourse to sketches and hints , the product of his former ftudies , which he now re- viewed and completed : among these are named by . Tickell the Effays on Wit , thofe on the ...
Page 118
... whose blameless elegance deferved the fame respect . The character of his genius I fhall transcribe from the correspondence of Swift and Pope . " A month ago , " fays Swift , " was fent me over , " by a friend of mine , the works of ...
... whose blameless elegance deferved the fame respect . The character of his genius I fhall transcribe from the correspondence of Swift and Pope . " A month ago , " fays Swift , " was fent me over , " by a friend of mine , the works of ...
Page 172
... whose writings have attracted much no¬ tice , but of whofe life and manners very little has been communicated , and whofe lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned by enemies than by friends , He was the fon of Robert Blackmore of ...
... whose writings have attracted much no¬ tice , but of whofe life and manners very little has been communicated , and whofe lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned by enemies than by friends , He was the fon of Robert Blackmore of ...
Page 184
... and abfurd productions are found in the " moral as in the intellectual world . How furprising ff is it to obferve , among the leaft culpable men , fome “ whofe 66 " whose minds are attracted by heaven and earth 184 BLACK MORE.
... and abfurd productions are found in the " moral as in the intellectual world . How furprising ff is it to obferve , among the leaft culpable men , fome “ whofe 66 " whose minds are attracted by heaven and earth 184 BLACK MORE.
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