Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the Ancients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the following quotation from ...
... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the Ancients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the following quotation from ...
Page 319
... learning , were very laudably industrious to enrich their own language with the wisdom of the ancients ; but found themselves reduced , by whatever necessity , to turn the Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author ...
... learning , were very laudably industrious to enrich their own language with the wisdom of the ancients ; but found themselves reduced , by whatever necessity , to turn the Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author ...
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... learning ; and afterwards , finding himself more inclined to civil employment , he laid down his commis- sion , and ... learning , and to piety . Of his learning the late Collection exhibits evidence , which would have been yet fuller if ...
... learning ; and afterwards , finding himself more inclined to civil employment , he laid down his commis- sion , and ... learning , and to piety . Of his learning the late Collection exhibits evidence , which would have been yet fuller if ...
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