The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. the principal interrogators ; who , in this examina- tion , of which there is printed an account not un- entertaining , behaved with the boisterousness of men elated by recent authority . They are repre- sented as asking ...
Samuel Johnson. the principal interrogators ; who , in this examina- tion , of which there is printed an account not un- entertaining , behaved with the boisterousness of men elated by recent authority . They are repre- sented as asking ...
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... tion . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the mo- Swift obtained many subscriptions for him in Ireland . - H . ney from him lest he ...
... tion . The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the mo- Swift obtained many subscriptions for him in Ireland . - H . ney from him lest he ...
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... tion of Spenser , which consists principally in I ween and I weet , without exclusion of later modes of speech , makes his poem neither ancient nor mo- dern . His mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the ...
... tion of Spenser , which consists principally in I ween and I weet , without exclusion of later modes of speech , makes his poem neither ancient nor mo- dern . His mention of Mars and Bellona , and his comparison of Marlborough to the ...
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... tion contrary to their tendency pass more and more slowly through every successive interval of space . Unhappily this pernicious failure is that which an author is least able to discover . We are sel- dom tiresome to ourselves ; and the ...
... tion contrary to their tendency pass more and more slowly through every successive interval of space . Unhappily this pernicious failure is that which an author is least able to discover . We are sel- dom tiresome to ourselves ; and the ...
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... tion or delight ; many from which the poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension ...
... tion or delight ; many from which the poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension ...
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