The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 303
... Aaron Hill , who was represented as diving for the prize , expostulated with Pope in a manner so much superior to all mean solicitation , that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle , sometimes to deny , and sometimes to apologize : he ...
... Aaron Hill , who was represented as diving for the prize , expostulated with Pope in a manner so much superior to all mean solicitation , that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle , sometimes to deny , and sometimes to apologize : he ...
Page 398
... Aaron Hill , whom , being friendless and indigent , and glad of kindness , he courted with every expression of servile adulation . " Winter " was dedicated to Sir Spencer Comp- ton , but attracted no regard from him to the au- thor ...
... Aaron Hill , whom , being friendless and indigent , and glad of kindness , he courted with every expression of servile adulation . " Winter " was dedicated to Sir Spencer Comp- ton , but attracted no regard from him to the au- thor ...
Page 499
... Aaron Hill's " Plain Dealer , " No. 36 , July 24 , 1724. In its original state it was very different from what it is in the last edition of his works . ledge . The versification is tolerable , nor can cri- MALLET . 499.
... Aaron Hill's " Plain Dealer , " No. 36 , July 24 , 1724. In its original state it was very different from what it is in the last edition of his works . ledge . The versification is tolerable , nor can cri- MALLET . 499.
Page 500
... Aaron Hill , neither of which can be much commended . Having cleared his tongue from his native pro- nunciation so as to be no longer distinguished as a Scot , he seems inclined to disencumber himself from all adherences of his original ...
... Aaron Hill , neither of which can be much commended . Having cleared his tongue from his native pro- nunciation so as to be no longer distinguished as a Scot , he seems inclined to disencumber himself from all adherences of his original ...
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