The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... controversy is to retort upon his adversary his own words ; he is very angry , and , hoping to conquer Collier with his own weapons , allows himself in the use of every 1 term of contumely and contempt ; but he has the 30 CONGREVE .
... controversy is to retort upon his adversary his own words ; he is very angry , and , hoping to conquer Collier with his own weapons , allows himself in the use of every 1 term of contumely and contempt ; but he has the 30 CONGREVE .
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Samuel Johnson. term of contumely and contempt ; but he has the sword without the arm of Scanderbeg ; he has his antagonist's coarseness , but not his strength . Col- lier replied ; for contest was his delight ; he was not to be frighted ...
Samuel Johnson. term of contumely and contempt ; but he has the sword without the arm of Scanderbeg ; he has his antagonist's coarseness , but not his strength . Col- lier replied ; for contest was his delight ; he was not to be frighted ...
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... contempt , that , as Fenton observes , he put an end to the spe- cies of writers that gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published " Creation , " a philosophical poem , which has been by my re- commendation inserted in ...
... contempt , that , as Fenton observes , he put an end to the spe- cies of writers that gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published " Creation , " a philosophical poem , which has been by my re- commendation inserted in ...
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... contempt of the world with sordid avarice ; and others who preserve a great degree of piety , with ill - nature and ungovern- ed passions ! Nor are instances of this inconsis- tent mixture less frequent among bad men , where we often ...
... contempt of the world with sordid avarice ; and others who preserve a great degree of piety , with ill - nature and ungovern- ed passions ! Nor are instances of this inconsis- tent mixture less frequent among bad men , where we often ...
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... Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Blackmore , being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as a physician ; his practice , which was once invidiously ...
... Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Blackmore , being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as a physician ; his practice , which was once invidiously ...
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