Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... opinion , who could not admire ' The writer refers , I believe , to Shaftesbury's Advice to an Author , in Characteristics . In vol . i . p . 186 , ed . 1714 , he writes : - ' As cruel a court as the Inquisition appears , there must ...
... opinion , who could not admire ' The writer refers , I believe , to Shaftesbury's Advice to an Author , in Characteristics . In vol . i . p . 186 , ed . 1714 , he writes : - ' As cruel a court as the Inquisition appears , there must ...
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... opinion of his own merit , and something contemptuous in his treatment of those whom he considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many 71 72 73 frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit ...
... opinion of his own merit , and something contemptuous in his treatment of those whom he considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many 71 72 73 frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit ...
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... opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from 74 its vices or its follies , but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation ...
... opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world without exemption from 74 its vices or its follies , but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation ...
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... opinions " . was published to correct the errors of the press . The Act [ 10 Anne , c . 20 ] discharged many thousand prisoners . There were single advertisements that contained 700 names , every one of which paid one shilling at least ...
... opinions " . was published to correct the errors of the press . The Act [ 10 Anne , c . 20 ] discharged many thousand prisoners . There were single advertisements that contained 700 names , every one of which paid one shilling at least ...
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... opinion , Gray has the advantage in dignity , variety , and originality of sentiment . He observes that the story of The Hermit is in More's Dialogues and Howell's Letters , and supposes it to have been originally Arabian " . Goldsmith ...
... opinion , Gray has the advantage in dignity , variety , and originality of sentiment . He observes that the story of The Hermit is in More's Dialogues and Howell's Letters , and supposes it to have been originally Arabian " . Goldsmith ...
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