The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... have had much of his fondnefs ; for he collected a fe- cond volume of the Mufa Anglicana , perhaps 07 • He took the degree of M. A. Feb. 14 , 1693 . for for a convenient receptacle , in which all his Latin 4 ADDISON .
... have had much of his fondnefs ; for he collected a fe- cond volume of the Mufa Anglicana , perhaps 07 • He took the degree of M. A. Feb. 14 , 1693 . for for a convenient receptacle , in which all his Latin 4 ADDISON .
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... perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language . The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes ; The Barome- ter ; and a Bowling - green . When the matter is low or scanty , a dead language , in which nothing is mean ...
... perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language . The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes ; The Barome- ter ; and a Bowling - green . When the matter is low or scanty , a dead language , in which nothing is mean ...
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... Perhaps he only collected his mate- terials , and formed his plan . Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the letter to Lord Hali- fax , which is juftly confidered as the most elegant , if not the most fublime ...
... Perhaps he only collected his mate- terials , and formed his plan . Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the letter to Lord Hali- fax , which is juftly confidered as the most elegant , if not the most fublime ...
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... perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyere's Manners of the Age , though , as Boileau remarked , it is written without connection , certainly deserves great praise , for liveliness of description and justness of ...
... perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyere's Manners of the Age , though , as Boileau remarked , it is written without connection , certainly deserves great praise , for liveliness of description and justness of ...
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... perhaps by others ; but hitherto nothing had been conveyed to the people , in this commodious 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 ...
... perhaps by others ; but hitherto nothing had been conveyed to the people , in this commodious 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 ...
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