Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... Poetry , according to which he judged , approved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he did not always commend the compositions of others it was not ill - nature ( which was not in his temper ) but strict justice that ...
... Poetry , according to which he judged , approved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he did not always commend the compositions of others it was not ill - nature ( which was not in his temper ) but strict justice that ...
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... poetry , but cultivated other kinds 5 of the Rebellion in the year 1715. ' He was intended for the minis- try , but declined it by the advice of Watts , who saw him neglect every- thing in the Academy but poetry . Gibbon's Life of Watts ...
... poetry , but cultivated other kinds 5 of the Rebellion in the year 1715. ' He was intended for the minis- try , but declined it by the advice of Watts , who saw him neglect every- thing in the Academy but poetry . Gibbon's Life of Watts ...
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... poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a skilful sportsman and a man of letters 8 . 6 Somervile has tried many modes of poetry ; and though perhaps he has not in any reached such excellence as to raise much envy , it ...
... poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a skilful sportsman and a man of letters 8 . 6 Somervile has tried many modes of poetry ; and though perhaps he has not in any reached such excellence as to raise much envy , it ...
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