The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... regard with veneration . His affection was natural ; it had undoubtedly been written with great labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often ...
... regard with veneration . His affection was natural ; it had undoubtedly been written with great labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often ...
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... nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no reli- gion , was said to regard predictions . The Sailor is not accounted very natural , but he is very 28 CONGREVE .
... nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no reli- gion , was said to regard predictions . The Sailor is not accounted very natural , but he is very 28 CONGREVE .
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... was censuring Hippocrates , he did not know the difference between aphorism and apophthegm , he will not pay much regard to his determinations concerning ancient learning . my " As for his book of Aphorisms , it 52 BLACKMORE .
... was censuring Hippocrates , he did not know the difference between aphorism and apophthegm , he will not pay much regard to his determinations concerning ancient learning . my " As for his book of Aphorisms , it 52 BLACKMORE .
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... regard for song himself , but happened to employ ministers who pleased them . selves with the praise of patronage . Of this ode mention is made in a humorous poem of that time , called " The Oxford Laureat : " in which , after many ...
... regard for song himself , but happened to employ ministers who pleased them . selves with the praise of patronage . Of this ode mention is made in a humorous poem of that time , called " The Oxford Laureat : " in which , after many ...
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... regard , for they contain some of the most elegant encomiastic strains ; and , among the innu- merable poems of the same kind , it will be hard to find one with which they need to fear a compari- son . It may deserve observation , that ...
... regard , for they contain some of the most elegant encomiastic strains ; and , among the innu- merable poems of the same kind , it will be hard to find one with which they need to fear a compari- son . It may deserve observation , that ...
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