Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 73
... least tincture of affectation or pedantry ; and his inimitable manner of diverting and enlivening the company made it im- possible for any one to be out of humour when he was in it . Envy and detraction seemed to be entirely foreign to ...
... least tincture of affectation or pedantry ; and his inimitable manner of diverting and enlivening the company made it im- possible for any one to be out of humour when he was in it . Envy and detraction seemed to be entirely foreign to ...
Page 318
... least in one produc- tion ) generally pleased the world , to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense : to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind3 , is a ...
... least in one produc- tion ) generally pleased the world , to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense : to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body in order to get rid of the pains of the mind3 , is a ...
Page 380
... least forgetting it , to amuse himself with phantoms of happiness which were dancing before him , and willingly turned his eyes from the light of reason , when it would have discovered the illusion and shewn him , what he never wished ...
... least forgetting it , to amuse himself with phantoms of happiness which were dancing before him , and willingly turned his eyes from the light of reason , when it would have discovered the illusion and shewn him , what he never wished ...
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