The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... shewn the victories of Louis , painted by Le Brun , and asked whether the King of England's palace had any such decorations : " The monuments of my master's actions , " said he , " are to be seen every where but in his own house . " The ...
... shewn the victories of Louis , painted by Le Brun , and asked whether the King of England's palace had any such decorations : " The monuments of my master's actions , " said he , " are to be seen every where but in his own house . " The ...
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... shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his " Old Bachelor . " Neither the time nor place of his birth is cer- tainly known : if the inscription upon his monu- ment be true , he was born in 1672. For the ...
... shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his " Old Bachelor . " Neither the time nor place of his birth is cer- tainly known : if the inscription upon his monu- ment be true , he was born in 1672. For the ...
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... shewn in " Love for Love . " His " Art of Pleasing " is founded on a vulgar , but perhaps impracticable , principle , and the staleness of the sense is not con- cealed by any novelty of illustration or elegance of diction . This tissue ...
... shewn in " Love for Love . " His " Art of Pleasing " is founded on a vulgar , but perhaps impracticable , principle , and the staleness of the sense is not con- cealed by any novelty of illustration or elegance of diction . This tissue ...
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Samuel Johnson. quoted . The general character of his Miscellanies is , that they shew little wit and little virtue . Yet ... shewn us , that enthusiasm has its rules , and that in mere confusion there is neither grace nor greatness . SIR ...
Samuel Johnson. quoted . The general character of his Miscellanies is , that they shew little wit and little virtue . Yet ... shewn us , that enthusiasm has its rules , and that in mere confusion there is neither grace nor greatness . SIR ...
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... shewn to Cibber , it was rejected by him , with the additional insolence of advising Fenton to engage himself in some employment of honest labour , by which he might obtain that support which he could never hope from his poetry . The ...
... shewn to Cibber , it was rejected by him , with the additional insolence of advising Fenton to engage himself in some employment of honest labour , by which he might obtain that support which he could never hope from his poetry . The ...
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