The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 11790 |
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... elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friend- fhip , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of ...
... elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friend- fhip , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of ...
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... intellectual digestion that concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the hufks , had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular pro- vision B 2 vifion made by Nature for literary politenefs . But in COWL E Y. 3 OF.
... intellectual digestion that concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the hufks , had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular pro- vision B 2 vifion made by Nature for literary politenefs . But in COWL E Y. 3 OF.
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... elegance of his converfation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whofe notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was ...
... elegance of his converfation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whofe notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was ...
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... minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable ele- elegance , and to have known that the business of ΤΟ COWLE Y.
... minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable ele- elegance , and to have known that the business of ΤΟ COWLE Y.
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Samuel Johnson. elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetorick . One paffage , however , feems not unwor- thy of fome notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation ...
Samuel Johnson. elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetorick . One paffage , however , feems not unwor- thy of fome notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation ...
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