Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... mentioned with reverence rather for the possession than the exertion of uncommon abilities ' . Of his life little is known ; and that little claims no praise but 2 what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any ...
... mentioned with reverence rather for the possession than the exertion of uncommon abilities ' . Of his life little is known ; and that little claims no praise but 2 what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any ...
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... mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered for our author's honour that when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the uni- versities , he so ...
... mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered for our author's honour that when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the uni- versities , he so ...
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... mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour ' . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature ...
... mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour ' . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature ...
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... mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable invitation . 25 ' His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime ...
... mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable invitation . 25 ' His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime ...
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... mentioned the neglect of Smith's tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the ...
... mentioned the neglect of Smith's tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the ...
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