The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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Page 63
... same thing " in the next page upon the bare apprehenfi- " on of the danger of his friends . Now , " fince the love of one's country is the love " of one's countrymen , as I have shewn upon " another occafion , I defire to ask these ques ...
... same thing " in the next page upon the bare apprehenfi- " on of the danger of his friends . Now , " fince the love of one's country is the love " of one's countrymen , as I have shewn upon " another occafion , I defire to ask these ques ...
Page 69
... same day , with his old comrade Syphax ? who enters at the “ fame time that the guards are carrying away " the leaders , big with the news of the defeat " of Sempronius ; though where he had his intelligence fo foon is difficult to ...
... same day , with his old comrade Syphax ? who enters at the “ fame time that the guards are carrying away " the leaders , big with the news of the defeat " of Sempronius ; though where he had his intelligence fo foon is difficult to ...
Page 107
... same title , a book of jests , or a grave collection of trite and trifling obfervations ; of which though many are true and certain , yet they signify no- thing , and may afford diverfion , but no in- struction ; most of them being much ...
... same title , a book of jests , or a grave collection of trite and trifling obfervations ; of which though many are true and certain , yet they signify no- thing , and may afford diverfion , but no in- struction ; most of them being much ...
Page 130
... same time they hum- bly befeech him to give them such magi- " strates as may be agreeable to the laws of " the land ; for , at prefent , there is no au- << thority to which they can legally submit . " They " They have been beating up ...
... same time they hum- bly befeech him to give them such magi- " strates as may be agreeable to the laws of " the land ; for , at prefent , there is no au- << thority to which they can legally submit . " They " They have been beating up ...
Page 144
... same , va- ried only into different profpects by the power of enchantment ; all the incidents fall naturally within the very time of reprefenta- tion ; the plot is one principal action , and of that kind which introduces variety of ...
... same , va- ried only into different profpects by the power of enchantment ; all the incidents fall naturally within the very time of reprefenta- tion ; the plot is one principal action , and of that kind which introduces variety of ...
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