Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 149
... never feeble , and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid , glorious in the eyes of mankind and ornamental to human nature ... as a strong , steady , masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition are the weaknesses of ...
... never feeble , and he did not wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid , glorious in the eyes of mankind and ornamental to human nature ... as a strong , steady , masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition are the weaknesses of ...
Page 336
... never was absent from a play in several years . This constant attendance naturally procured him the acquaint- ance of the players , and , among others , of Mrs. Oldfield , who was so much pleased with his conversation and touched with ...
... never was absent from a play in several years . This constant attendance naturally procured him the acquaint- ance of the players , and , among others , of Mrs. Oldfield , who was so much pleased with his conversation and touched with ...
Page 401
... never retired till want of money obliged him to some new expedient . If he was entertained in a family nothing was any longer to be regarded there but amusements and jollity : wher- ever Savage entered he immediately expected that order ...
... never retired till want of money obliged him to some new expedient . If he was entertained in a family nothing was any longer to be regarded there but amusements and jollity : wher- ever Savage entered he immediately expected that order ...
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