The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... whose work he had then never read * . So little fometimes is criticism the effect of judgment . It is neceffary to inform the reader , that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer ...
... whose work he had then never read * . So little fometimes is criticism the effect of judgment . It is neceffary to inform the reader , that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer ...
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... whose difpofition was very different from his own , he produced , without intenti- on , a very liberal patronage to poetry . Addi- son was careffed both by Somers and Montague . In 1697 , he wrote his poem on the peace of Ryfwick ...
... whose difpofition was very different from his own , he produced , without intenti- on , a very liberal patronage to poetry . Addi- son was careffed both by Somers and Montague . In 1697 , he wrote his poem on the peace of Ryfwick ...
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... whose negligence kept him always in a hurry , when it was his turn to furnish a paper , called loudly for the Letters , of which Addison , whofe materials were more , made little ufe ; having recourse to sketches and hints , the product ...
... whose negligence kept him always in a hurry , when it was his turn to furnish a paper , called loudly for the Letters , of which Addison , whofe materials were more , made little ufe ; having recourse to sketches and hints , the product ...
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... whose prefence nothing reprehenfible was out of danger ; quick in difcerning what- ever was wrong or ridiculous , and not unwil- ling to expose it . There are , fays Steele , in bis writings many oblique ftrokes upon fome of the the ...
... whose prefence nothing reprehenfible was out of danger ; quick in difcerning what- ever was wrong or ridiculous , and not unwil- ling to expose it . There are , fays Steele , in bis writings many oblique ftrokes upon fome of the the ...
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... whose fake our country is a " name fo dear to us , and at the fame time " to fhed tears for those for whofe fakes our country is not a name fo dear to us ? " But this formidable affailant is leaft refifti- ble when he attacks the ...
... whose fake our country is a " name fo dear to us , and at the fame time " to fhed tears for those for whofe fakes our country is not a name fo dear to us ? " But this formidable affailant is leaft refifti- ble when he attacks the ...
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