The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he discovered himself . It is indeed not easy for any man to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who ...
... remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he discovered himself . It is indeed not easy for any man to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who ...
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... 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 . 25.
... 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 . 25.
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... remarks with exultation , that it is now down among the dead men . He might well re- joice at the death of that which he could not have killed . Every reader of every party , fince perfonal malice is past , and the papers which once ...
... remarks with exultation , that it is now down among the dead men . He might well re- joice at the death of that which he could not have killed . Every reader of every party , fince perfonal malice is past , and the papers which once ...
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... remarks , the bafis is narrow , and to which I know not how love could have been appended . There would however have been no want either of vir- tue in the fentiments , or elegance in the lan- guage . He engaged in a nobler work , a ...
... remarks , the bafis is narrow , and to which I know not how love could have been appended . There would however have been no want either of vir- tue in the fentiments , or elegance in the lan- guage . He engaged in a nobler work , a ...
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... remark of Mandeville , who , when he had paffed an evening in his company , declared that he was a parfon in a tye - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon ...
... remark of Mandeville , who , when he had paffed an evening in his company , declared that he was a parfon in a tye - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon ...
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