Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 149
... remarks proceeded that great number of sen- tentious distichs which have passed into conversation , ) and are added as proverbial axioms to the general stock of practical knowledge . When any work has been viewed and admired , the first ...
... remarks proceeded that great number of sen- tentious distichs which have passed into conversation , ) and are added as proverbial axioms to the general stock of practical knowledge . When any work has been viewed and admired , the first ...
Page 257
... remarks . But let honest credulity beware of receiving characters from contemporary writers . Clifford's remarks , by the favour of Dr. Percy , were at last obtained ; and , that no man may ever want them more , I will extract enough to ...
... remarks . But let honest credulity beware of receiving characters from contemporary writers . Clifford's remarks , by the favour of Dr. Percy , were at last obtained ; and , that no man may ever want them more , I will extract enough to ...
Page 382
... remarks upon , twenty - two thousand odd hundred books and manuscripts . The books were certainly not very long , the manuscripts not very difficult , nor the remarks very large ; for the calculator will find that he dispatched seven a ...
... remarks upon , twenty - two thousand odd hundred books and manuscripts . The books were certainly not very long , the manuscripts not very difficult , nor the remarks very large ; for the calculator will find that he dispatched seven a ...
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