The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... manner equal to the subject , defired him to propose it to fome better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worth- lefs men were unprofitably enriched with pub- lic money , without any care to find ...
... manner equal to the subject , defired him to propose it to fome better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worth- lefs men were unprofitably enriched with pub- lic money , without any care to find ...
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... Manners , and Caftiglione in his Cour- tier , two books yet celebrated in Italy for pu- rity and elegance , and which , if they are now lefs read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors ...
... Manners , and Caftiglione in his Cour- tier , two books yet celebrated in Italy for pu- rity and elegance , and which , if they are now lefs read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors ...
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... manner , but controversy re- lating to the Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has been fuggefted that the Royal Soci ety was inftituted foon after the Restoration , to divert ...
... manner , but controversy re- lating to the Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has been fuggefted that the Royal Soci ety was inftituted foon after the Restoration , to divert ...
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... Manners of the Age . The perfonages introduced in these papers were not merely ideal ; they were then known , and confpicuous in various stations . Of the Tatler this is told by Steele in his last paper , and of the Spectator by Budgell ...
... Manners of the Age . The perfonages introduced in these papers were not merely ideal ; they were then known , and confpicuous in various stations . Of the Tatler this is told by Steele in his last paper , and of the Spectator by Budgell ...
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... infult ; and that whenever he should think fit to answer his remarks , he would do it in a manner to which nothing could be objected . The greatest weakness of the play is in the fcenes scenes of love , which are faid by Pope * ADDISON .
... infult ; and that whenever he should think fit to answer his remarks , he would do it in a manner to which nothing could be objected . The greatest weakness of the play is in the fcenes scenes of love , which are faid by Pope * ADDISON .
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