The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... 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 by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a ...
... 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 by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a ...
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... most amusing paffage of his book is his account of the minute republic of San Ma- rino ; of many parts it is not a very fevere cenfure to say that they might have been written at home . His elegance of language , and variegation of ...
... most amusing paffage of his book is his account of the minute republic of San Ma- rino ; of many parts it is not a very fevere cenfure to say that they might have been written at home . His elegance of language , and variegation of ...
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... great justness of argument and dignity of language , the most important du- ties and fublime truths . All these topicks were happily varied with elegant elegant fictions and refined allegories , and il- luminated with 18 ADDISON .
... great justness of argument and dignity of language , the most important du- ties and fublime truths . All these topicks were happily varied with elegant elegant fictions and refined allegories , and il- luminated with 18 ADDISON .
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... most timorous and aukward man that he ever faw . " And Addison , speaking of his own deficience in converfation , used to say of himself , that , with refpect to intellectual wealth , " he could draw bills for a thousand " pounds ...
... most timorous and aukward man that he ever faw . " And Addison , speaking of his own deficience in converfation , used to say of himself , that , with refpect to intellectual wealth , " he could draw bills for a thousand " pounds ...
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... most of his life was paffed , though his station made him con- spicuous , and his activity made him formida- ble , the character given him by his friends . was never contradicted by his enemies of those with whom intereft or opinion ...
... most of his life was paffed , though his station made him con- spicuous , and his activity made him formida- ble , the character given him by his friends . was never contradicted by his enemies of those with whom intereft or opinion ...
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