Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... quoted in Parl . Hist . vi . 1272 . In March 1691-2 . Macaulay's Hist . vi . 191. Lady M. W. Montagu wrote in 1714 : - ' No modest man ever did , or ever will , make his fortune . Your friend , Lord Halifax , R. Wal- pole , and all ...
... quoted in Parl . Hist . vi . 1272 . In March 1691-2 . Macaulay's Hist . vi . 191. Lady M. W. Montagu wrote in 1714 : - ' No modest man ever did , or ever will , make his fortune . Your friend , Lord Halifax , R. Wal- pole , and all ...
Page 55
... quoted , says " that the poem is very good . The story , " con- tinues he , " was written originally in Spanish , whence probably Howel had translated it into prose , and inserted it in one of his letters . " Addison liked the scheme ...
... quoted , says " that the poem is very good . The story , " con- tinues he , " was written originally in Spanish , whence probably Howel had translated it into prose , and inserted it in one of his letters . " Addison liked the scheme ...
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... quoted in their notes will fully justify . Garth , speaking of the mischief done by quacks , has these expressions : ' Non tamen telis vulnerat ista agyrtarum colluvies , sed theriacâ 6 quâdam magis perniciosâ , non pyrio , sed pulvere ...
... quoted in their notes will fully justify . Garth , speaking of the mischief done by quacks , has these expressions : ' Non tamen telis vulnerat ista agyrtarum colluvies , sed theriacâ 6 quâdam magis perniciosâ , non pyrio , sed pulvere ...
Page 69
... quoted ante , ROWE , 10 n . 2 : — " Mr. Rowe has promised the town a farce this winter , but it does not yet appear . ' Works , v . 381 . 3 There is an ingenious tribe of men sprung up of late years who are for making April fools every ...
... quoted ante , ROWE , 10 n . 2 : — " Mr. Rowe has promised the town a farce this winter , but it does not yet appear . ' Works , v . 381 . 3 There is an ingenious tribe of men sprung up of late years who are for making April fools every ...
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... quoted thrice by Johnson in his Letters , ii . 32 , 136 , 139 . 84 ' Shakespeare has speeches , per- haps sometimes scenes , which have all the delicacy of Rowe without his effeminacy . ' JOHNSON , Works , v . 133 . Gray wrote to Horace ...
... quoted thrice by Johnson in his Letters , ii . 32 , 136 , 139 . 84 ' Shakespeare has speeches , per- haps sometimes scenes , which have all the delicacy of Rowe without his effeminacy . ' JOHNSON , Works , v . 133 . Gray wrote to Horace ...
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