The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... 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.
... 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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... deviations . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlbo- rough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to fome fermons a preface , overflowing with · whiggifh whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the 14 A DD IS ON .
... deviations . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlbo- rough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to fome fermons a preface , overflowing with · whiggifh whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the 14 A DD IS ON .
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... praise , for liveliness of description and justness of observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had had no masters of common life . No writers had ADDISON . 15.
... praise , for liveliness of description and justness of observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had had no masters of common life . No writers had ADDISON . 15.
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... praise when the author is known to be Jef- freys . Cato had yet other honours . It was cen fured as a party - play by a Scholar of Oxford , and defended in a favourable examination by Dr. Sewel . It was tranflated by Salvini into ...
... praise when the author is known to be Jef- freys . Cato had yet other honours . It was cen fured as a party - play by a Scholar of Oxford , and defended in a favourable examination by Dr. Sewel . It was tranflated by Salvini into ...
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... praise of others , or as Steele with far greater likelihood infinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own . I have heard that his avidity did not fatisfy itself with the air of re- nown , but that ...
... praise of others , or as Steele with far greater likelihood infinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own . I have heard that his avidity did not fatisfy itself with the air of re- nown , but that ...
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