The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... mean not to accuse him of flattery he probably thought all that he wrote , and retained as He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . - N ...
... mean not to accuse him of flattery he probably thought all that he wrote , and retained as He received , in September , 1697 , a present of 200 guineas from the lords justices , for his trouble in bringing over the treaty of peace . - N ...
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... mean company . His Chloe proba- bly was sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab ... means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and ...
... mean company . His Chloe proba- bly was sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab ... means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and ...
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... means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to bring to light something useful and ornamental ; whence his character is the reverse to theirs , who have eminent abilities in insignificant ...
... means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to bring to light something useful and ornamental ; whence his character is the reverse to theirs , who have eminent abilities in insignificant ...
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... means the ima gination can with great facility range the wide field of nature , contemplate an infinite variety of objects , and , by observing the similitude and dis agreement of their several qualities , single out and abstract , and ...
... means the ima gination can with great facility range the wide field of nature , contemplate an infinite variety of objects , and , by observing the similitude and dis agreement of their several qualities , single out and abstract , and ...
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... mean , that we are entertained every day with more valuable sentiments at the table conversation of ingenious and learned men . " 1 am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface ...
... mean , that we are entertained every day with more valuable sentiments at the table conversation of ingenious and learned men . " 1 am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface ...
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