Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - 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 333
... never able to raise the sum which he had offered , the marriage was delayed . In the mean time he was officiously informed that Mr. Savage had ridiculed him ; by which he was so much exasperated that he withdrew the allowance which he ...
... never able to raise the sum which he had offered , the marriage was delayed . In the mean time he was officiously informed that Mr. Savage had ridiculed him ; by which he was so much exasperated that he withdrew the allowance which he ...
Page 380
... never made wiser by his sufferings , nor preserved by one misfortune from falling into another . He proceeded throughout his life to tread the same steps on the same circle ; always applauding his past conduct , or at least forgetting ...
... never made wiser by his sufferings , nor preserved by one misfortune from falling into another . He proceeded throughout his life to tread the same steps on the same circle ; always applauding his past conduct , or at least forgetting ...
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