The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... sometimes embellished , and fometimes aggra- vated , the originals are partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praife ...
... sometimes embellished , and fometimes aggra- vated , the originals are partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praife ...
Page 62
... sometimes gratify our wishes ; but , if it be truly the mirror of life , it ought to fhew us fometimes what we are to expect . Dennis objects to the characters that they are are not natural , or reasonable ; but as heroes 62 ADDISON .
... sometimes gratify our wishes ; but , if it be truly the mirror of life , it ought to fhew us fometimes what we are to expect . Dennis objects to the characters that they are are not natural , or reasonable ; but as heroes 62 ADDISON .
Page 125
... sometimes new , and often hap- pily expreffed ; but there are , after all the emendations , many weak lines , and fome ftrange appearances of negligence ; as when he gives the laws of elegy , he infifts upon connection and coherence ...
... sometimes new , and often hap- pily expreffed ; but there are , after all the emendations , many weak lines , and fome ftrange appearances of negligence ; as when he gives the laws of elegy , he infifts upon connection and coherence ...
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... sometimes in too much hafte to praise . ; In the time of his retirement it is probable that he composed his dramatick pieces , the She - Gallants ( acted 1696 , which he revised , and called Once a Lover and always a Lover The Jew of ...
... sometimes in too much hafte to praise . ; In the time of his retirement it is probable that he composed his dramatick pieces , the She - Gallants ( acted 1696 , which he revised , and called Once a Lover and always a Lover The Jew of ...
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... sometimes has its favou- rites , whom it rewards for one fpecies of ex- cellence with the honours due to another . From him whom we reverence for his benefi- cence we do not willingly withhold the praise of genius ; a man of exalted ...
... sometimes has its favou- rites , whom it rewards for one fpecies of ex- cellence with the honours due to another . From him whom we reverence for his benefi- cence we do not willingly withhold the praise of genius ; a man of exalted ...
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