The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... letter to Lord Hali- fax , which is juftly confidered as the most elegant , if not the most fublime , of his poeti- cal productions . But in about two years he found it neceffary to haften home ; being , as Swift informs us , diftreffed ...
... letter to Lord Hali- fax , which is juftly confidered as the most elegant , if not the most fublime , of his poeti- cal productions . But in about two years he found it neceffary to haften home ; being , as Swift informs us , diftreffed ...
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... letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to ufurp the praise of others , or as Steele with far greater likelihood infinuates , that he could not ...
... letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to ufurp the praise of others , or as Steele with far greater likelihood infinuates , that he could not ...
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... Letters , of which Addison , whofe materials were more , made little ufe ; having recourse to sketches and hints , the product of his former studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays on ...
... Letters , of which Addison , whofe materials were more , made little ufe ; having recourse to sketches and hints , the product of his former studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays on ...
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... letter to the earl of Oxford , was to introduce an Ariftocracy , for a majority in the house of lords , fo limited , would have been defpotick and irresistible . To prevent this fubverfion of the ancient establishment , Steele , whofe ...
... letter to the earl of Oxford , was to introduce an Ariftocracy , for a majority in the house of lords , fo limited , would have been defpotick and irresistible . To prevent this fubverfion of the ancient establishment , Steele , whofe ...
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... letter from Italy has been always praised , but has never been praised beyond its merit . It is more correct , with lefs appear- ance of labour , and more elegant , with lefs • Spence . ambition ambition of ornament , than any other of ...
... letter from Italy has been always praised , but has never been praised beyond its merit . It is more correct , with lefs appear- ance of labour , and more elegant , with lefs • Spence . ambition ambition of ornament , than any other of ...
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