The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 122
... panegyrics for the perusal only of his patrons , and to imagine that he had no other task than to pamper them with praises however gross , and that flattery would make its way to the heart , without the assistance of elegance or inven ...
... panegyrics for the perusal only of his patrons , and to imagine that he had no other task than to pamper them with praises however gross , and that flattery would make its way to the heart , without the assistance of elegance or inven ...
Page 136
... panegyric which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the sake of him whose reputation may be injured , false praise ought likewise to be ob viated , lest the distinction between vice and ...
... panegyric which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the sake of him whose reputation may be injured , false praise ought likewise to be ob viated , lest the distinction between vice and ...
Page 143
... panegyric , and the warmest professions of gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of connexion or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to retract , being discarded by the man on whom ...
... panegyric , and the warmest professions of gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of connexion or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to retract , being discarded by the man on whom ...
Page 149
... panegyric , who is capable of reproaching a criminal in the hands of the executioner . But these reflections , though they readily occur- red to him in the first and last parts of his life , were , I am afraid , for a long time SAVAGE .
... panegyric , who is capable of reproaching a criminal in the hands of the executioner . But these reflections , though they readily occur- red to him in the first and last parts of his life , were , I am afraid , for a long time SAVAGE .
Page 158
... panegyric , shewed in the Queen too much desire of hearing her own praises , and a greater regard to herself than to him on whom her bounty was conferred . It was a kind of avaricious generosity , by which flattery was rather purchased ...
... panegyric , shewed in the Queen too much desire of hearing her own praises , and a greater regard to herself than to him on whom her bounty was conferred . It was a kind of avaricious generosity , by which flattery was rather purchased ...
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