The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... called Scho- lars ; young men who partake of the foun der's benefaction , and fucceed in their order to vacant fellowships * . Here he continued to cultivate poetry and criticism , and grew firft eminent by his Latin compofitions ...
... called Scho- lars ; young men who partake of the foun der's benefaction , and fucceed in their order to vacant fellowships * . Here he continued to cultivate poetry and criticism , and grew firft eminent by his Latin compofitions ...
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... called by Smith the best Latin poem fince the Æneid . Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he ob- tained ( Having ADDISON . 7.
... called by Smith the best Latin poem fince the Æneid . Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he ob- tained ( Having ADDISON . 7.
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... called Booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of Liberty fo well against a perpetual dictator . The Whigs , fays Pope , defign a second present , when they can accompany it with as good a fentence . The ...
... called Booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of Liberty fo well against a perpetual dictator . The Whigs , fays Pope , defign a second present , when they can accompany it with as good a fentence . The ...
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... called liberty , and , though a flatterer of the Whig ministry , could not fit quiet at a fuc- cessful play ; but was eager to tell friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admi- rations . The world was too ftubborn for in ...
... called liberty , and , though a flatterer of the Whig ministry , could not fit quiet at a fuc- cessful play ; but was eager to tell friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admi- rations . The world was too ftubborn for in ...
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... called the Guardian was published by Steele . To this Addison gave great as- fiftance , whether occafionally or by previous engagement is not known . The character of Guardian was too narrow and too ferious : it might properly enough ad ...
... called the Guardian was published by Steele . To this Addison gave great as- fiftance , whether occafionally or by previous engagement is not known . The character of Guardian was too narrow and too ferious : it might properly enough ad ...
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