The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... attention and alluring curiosity . Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults : neg- ligences or errors are single and local , but tedious- ness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of ...
... attention and alluring curiosity . Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults : neg- ligences or errors are single and local , but tedious- ness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of ...
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... attention to statutes or reports . His disposition to become an author appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of ima gination , and possessed that copiousness of senti- ment , by which intellectual pleasure can be given ...
... attention to statutes or reports . His disposition to become an author appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of ima gination , and possessed that copiousness of senti- ment , by which intellectual pleasure can be given ...
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... attention , and the wit so exuberant , that it " o'er - informs its tenement . " Next year he gave another specimen of his abili ties in " The Double Dealer , " which was not re- ceived with equal kindness . He writes to his pa tron ...
... attention , and the wit so exuberant , that it " o'er - informs its tenement . " Next year he gave another specimen of his abili ties in " The Double Dealer , " which was not re- ceived with equal kindness . He writes to his pa tron ...
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... attention ; but , except a very few passages , we are rather amused with noise , and perplexed with stratagem , than entertained with any true delinea- tion of natural characters . This , however , was re- ceived with more benevolence ...
... attention ; but , except a very few passages , we are rather amused with noise , and perplexed with stratagem , than entertained with any true delinea- tion of natural characters . This , however , was re- ceived with more benevolence ...
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... attention to the busi- ness of the place ; for , in his poems , the ancient names of nations or places , which he often pro- duces , are pronounced by chance . He afterwards travelled at Padua he was made doctor of phy- sic ; and ...
... attention to the busi- ness of the place ; for , in his poems , the ancient names of nations or places , which he often pro- duces , are pronounced by chance . He afterwards travelled at Padua he was made doctor of phy- sic ; and ...
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