The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... occafion of giving " notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by fome meffengers of the ufurping powers , who were fent out in queft of another man ; and being examin- ed , was ...
... occafion of giving " notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by fome meffengers of the ufurping powers , who were fent out in queft of another man ; and being examin- ed , was ...
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... occafion , they should have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than par- takers of human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil , impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
... occafion , they should have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than par- takers of human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil , impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
Page 105
... occafion of his adverfaries " calling him pedagogue and fchool - mafter ; whereas " it is well known he never fet up for a publick school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and know ...
... occafion of his adverfaries " calling him pedagogue and fchool - mafter ; whereas " it is well known he never fet up for a publick school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and know ...
Page 169
... occafion required . Thus comparing the fhield of Satan to the orb of the Moon , he crouds the ima- gination with the discovery of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope discovers . Of his moral fentiments it is hardly ...
... occafion required . Thus comparing the fhield of Satan to the orb of the Moon , he crouds the ima- gination with the discovery of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope discovers . Of his moral fentiments it is hardly ...
Page 171
... occafion ; fublimity is the general and pre- vailing quality of this poem ; fublimity variously modified , fometimes defcriptive , fometimes argu- mentative . The defects and faults of Paradife Loft , for faults and defects every work ...
... occafion ; fublimity is the general and pre- vailing quality of this poem ; fublimity variously modified , fometimes defcriptive , fometimes argu- mentative . The defects and faults of Paradife Loft , for faults and defects every work ...
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