The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those pow ers exalted and invigorated by just ...
... learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those pow ers exalted and invigorated by just ...
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... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the an- cients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the fol lowing quotation from ...
... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the an- cients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . Of this indecent arrogance the fol lowing quotation from ...
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... learning , though they knew I declared that I greatly honoured and es- teemed all men of superior literature and erudi- tion ; and that I only undervalued false or super- ficial learning , that signifies nothing for the ser- vice of ...
... learning , though they knew I declared that I greatly honoured and es- teemed all men of superior literature and erudi- tion ; and that I only undervalued false or super- ficial learning , that signifies nothing for the ser- vice of ...
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... learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom he has co- pied the faults , and very little more . He is for ever amusing himself with puerilities of mytholo- gy ; his King is Jupiter , who , if the ...
... learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom he has co- pied the faults , and very little more . He is for ever amusing himself with puerilities of mytholo- gy ; his King is Jupiter , who , if the ...
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... learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of others , rather than his own . In the year 1697 , Anne Countess of Macclesfield , having ...
... learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of others , rather than his own . In the year 1697 , Anne Countess of Macclesfield , having ...
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