The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... essays is " Hen- ry and Emma ; " a dull and tedious dialogue , which excites neither esteem for the man , nor ten- derness for the woman . The example of Emma , who resolves to follow an outlawed murderer wherever fear and guilt shall ...
... essays is " Hen- ry and Emma ; " a dull and tedious dialogue , which excites neither esteem for the man , nor ten- derness for the woman . The example of Emma , who resolves to follow an outlawed murderer wherever fear and guilt shall ...
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... Essays in prose , which can . be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest purpose - the promotion of reli- gion . Blackmore's prose is not the prose of a poet ; for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ...
... Essays in prose , which can . be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest purpose - the promotion of reli- gion . Blackmore's prose is not the prose of a poet ; for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ...
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... Essays he took little care to propitiate the wits ; for he scorns to avert their malice at the expense of virtue or of truth . Several , in their books , have many sarcastical and spiteful strokes at religion in general ; while others ...
... Essays he took little care to propitiate the wits ; for he scorns to avert their malice at the expense of virtue or of truth . Several , in their books , have many sarcastical and spiteful strokes at religion in general ; while others ...
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... essays is upon the Spleen , which is treated by him so much to his own satisfaction , that he has published the same thoughts in the same words ; first in the " Lay Monastery ; " then in the Essay ; and then in the preface to a Medical ...
... essays is upon the Spleen , which is treated by him so much to his own satisfaction , that he has published the same thoughts in the same words ; first in the " Lay Monastery ; " then in the Essay ; and then in the preface to a Medical ...
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... Essay upon Divine Eloquence ; " which was print- ed after his death by Mr. White , of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the eighth of October ...
... Essay upon Divine Eloquence ; " which was print- ed after his death by Mr. White , of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the eighth of October ...
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