The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the fono- rous magnificence of Roman fyllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In ...
... mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the fono- rous magnificence of Roman fyllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In ...
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... mean time gone to work himself , and produ- ced half an act , which he afterwards com- pleted , but with brevity irregularly dispropor- tionate to the foregoing parts ; like a taskperform- ed with reluctance , and hurried to its ...
... mean time gone to work himself , and produ- ced half an act , which he afterwards com- pleted , but with brevity irregularly dispropor- tionate to the foregoing parts ; like a taskperform- ed with reluctance , and hurried to its ...
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... means favourable to literature , when the fuc- ceffion of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , difcord , and confufion ; and either the turbulence of the times or the fatiety of the readers put a stop to the ...
... means favourable to literature , when the fuc- ceffion of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , difcord , and confufion ; and either the turbulence of the times or the fatiety of the readers put a stop to the ...
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... means to be compared with that contempt of national right , with which fome time after- wards , by the inftigation of Whiggifm , the commons , chofen by the people for three years , chose themselves for feven . But , whatever t might be ...
... means to be compared with that contempt of national right , with which fome time after- wards , by the inftigation of Whiggifm , the commons , chofen by the people for three years , chose themselves for feven . But , whatever t might be ...
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... means inconfiftent with a very high opinion of his own merit , He demanded to be the first name in modern wit ; and , with Steele to echo him , used to depre- ciate Dryden , whom Pope and Congreve de- fended against them . There is no ...
... means inconfiftent with a very high opinion of his own merit , He demanded to be the first name in modern wit ; and , with Steele to echo him , used to depre- ciate Dryden , whom Pope and Congreve de- fended against them . There is no ...
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