The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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Page 43
... beauties which are feen , and gives " credit and esteem to all that are concealed . " Chesterfield affirms , that " Addison was the " most timorous and aukward man that he ever faw . " And Addison , speaking of his own deficience in ...
... beauties which are feen , and gives " credit and esteem to all that are concealed . " Chesterfield affirms , that " Addison was the " most timorous and aukward man that he ever faw . " And Addison , speaking of his own deficience in ...
Page 98
... beauties than expofing the ble " mishes of a laudable writing like Horace , " in a long work , he can bear fome deformi- " ties , and justly lay them on the imperfecti- " on of human nature , which is incapable of " faultless ...
... beauties than expofing the ble " mishes of a laudable writing like Horace , " in a long work , he can bear fome deformi- " ties , and justly lay them on the imperfecti- " on of human nature , which is incapable of " faultless ...
Page 99
... beauties of the ancient , and nothing but the errors of the modern " writers . Never did any one express more kindness and good - nature to young " and unfinished authors ; he promotes " their interests , protects their reputation ...
... beauties of the ancient , and nothing but the errors of the modern " writers . Never did any one express more kindness and good - nature to young " and unfinished authors ; he promotes " their interests , protects their reputation ...
Page 181
... beauties to the affistance which might be fufpected to have strengthened or embellished his earlier compofitions ; but neither he nor Addison ever produced nobler lines than are contained in the third and fourth paragraphs , nor is a ...
... beauties to the affistance which might be fufpected to have strengthened or embellished his earlier compofitions ; but neither he nor Addison ever produced nobler lines than are contained in the third and fourth paragraphs , nor is a ...
Page 191
... beauties fhall adorn our sylvan scene , And in thy numbers grow for ever green . Danby's fam'd gift § fuch verfe as thine acquires , Exalted raptures , and celestial fires ; Apollo here should plenteously impart , As well his finging ...
... beauties fhall adorn our sylvan scene , And in thy numbers grow for ever green . Danby's fam'd gift § fuch verfe as thine acquires , Exalted raptures , and celestial fires ; Apollo here should plenteously impart , As well his finging ...
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