The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently pre - supposes a familiar 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 ...
... manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently pre - supposes a familiar 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 ...
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... manners than either of the former . The character of Foresight was then common . Dryden calculated nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no reli- gion , was said to ...
... manners than either of the former . The character of Foresight was then common . Dryden calculated nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no reli- gion , was said to ...
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... manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Specta tor , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he ...
... manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Specta tor , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he ...
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... manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I in- spected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little ...
... manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I in- spected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little ...
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... manners very little has been com- municated , and whose lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned by enemies than by friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore , of Cors- ham , in Wiltshire , styled by Wood , Gentleman , and ...
... manners very little has been com- municated , and whose lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned by enemies than by friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore , of Cors- ham , in Wiltshire , styled by Wood , Gentleman , and ...
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