The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... tell friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admi- rations . The world was too ftubborn for in- struction ; with the fate of the cenfurer of Cor- neille's Cid , his animadverfions fhewed his anger without effect , and Cato ...
... tell friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admi- rations . The world was too ftubborn for in- struction ; with the fate of the cenfurer of Cor- neille's Cid , his animadverfions fhewed his anger without effect , and Cato ...
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... of ridicule is his po- verty . This mode of abuse had been employ- ed by Milton against king Charles II . Jacobæi Centum exulantis vifcera Marsupii règis . And And Oldmixon delights to tell of fome alder- man of 32 ADDISON .
... of ridicule is his po- verty . This mode of abuse had been employ- ed by Milton against king Charles II . Jacobæi Centum exulantis vifcera Marsupii règis . And And Oldmixon delights to tell of fome alder- man of 32 ADDISON .
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And a Criticism of Their Works Samuel Johnson. And Oldmixon delights to tell of fome alder- man of London , that he had more money than the exiled princes ; but that which might be expected from Milton's favageness , or Oldmix- on's ...
And a Criticism of Their Works Samuel Johnson. And Oldmixon delights to tell of fome alder- man of London , that he had more money than the exiled princes ; but that which might be expected from Milton's favageness , or Oldmix- on's ...
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... tell " us the half that he has carried . But what " does he mean by " Marcia , the charming Marcia's left be- " hind ? " He is now in her own house ; and we have " neither feen her nor heard of her any where " elfe fince the play began ...
... tell " us the half that he has carried . But what " does he mean by " Marcia , the charming Marcia's left be- " hind ? " He is now in her own house ; and we have " neither feen her nor heard of her any where " elfe fince the play began ...
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... tell him , that I would lay before him a very " fcene ? દર wife " But now let us lay before the reader that part of the scenery of the Fourth Act , which ( c may fhew the abfurdities which the author " has run into , through the ...
... tell him , that I would lay before him a very " fcene ? દર wife " But now let us lay before the reader that part of the scenery of the Fourth Act , which ( c may fhew the abfurdities which the author " has run into , through the ...
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