The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... knowledge and dexterity , at last sent to transact a negotiation in the highest degree arduous and important , for which he was qualified , among other requisites , in the opinion of Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French ...
... knowledge and dexterity , at last sent to transact a negotiation in the highest degree arduous and important , for which he was qualified , among other requisites , in the opinion of Bolingbroke , by his influence upon the French ...
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... knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the prologue before the Queen , the ...
... knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the prologue before the Queen , the ...
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... knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which ...
... knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which ...
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... knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly ex- amined , it will be found ...
... knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly ex- amined , it will be found ...
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... knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the fol lowing quotation from his preface to the " Trea tise on the Small - pox " will afford a specimen : in which , when the reader finds , what I fear is true , that , when he was censuring ...
... knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the fol lowing quotation from his preface to the " Trea tise on the Small - pox " will afford a specimen : in which , when the reader finds , what I fear is true , that , when he was censuring ...
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