The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoy . Inent of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he conti nued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence ...
... criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoy . Inent of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he conti nued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence ...
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... criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this cen- sure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed letters . Molineux is particularly de ...
... criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this cen- sure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed letters . Molineux is particularly de ...
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... criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in con junction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a ...
... criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in con junction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a ...
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... criticism is universal , and therefore it is reasonable to believe it at least in a great degree just ; but Mr ... criticisms which they have occasioned ; and therefore I shall not dwell upon the particular passages which deserve ...
... criticism is universal , and therefore it is reasonable to believe it at least in a great degree just ; but Mr ... criticisms which they have occasioned ; and therefore I shall not dwell upon the particular passages which deserve ...
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... criticism was no longer re- garded , when his coat was out of fashion ; and that those who , in the interval of his prosperity , were always encouraging him to great undertakings by encomiums on his genius and assurances of suc- cess ...
... criticism was no longer re- garded , when his coat was out of fashion ; and that those who , in the interval of his prosperity , were always encouraging him to great undertakings by encomiums on his genius and assurances of suc- cess ...
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