Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page xii
... diligence have now done their best , and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity . ' Such a sentence gives the judgement pause ; and we now begin to appreciate a certain drawback to the critical ...
... diligence have now done their best , and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity . ' Such a sentence gives the judgement pause ; and we now begin to appreciate a certain drawback to the critical ...
Page 272
... as appeared by a letter com- municated to Dr. Birch , he spent a fortnight in composing and correcting . But what is this to the patience and diligence of Boileau , whose Equivoque , a poem of only 272 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... as appeared by a letter com- municated to Dr. Birch , he spent a fortnight in composing and correcting . But what is this to the patience and diligence of Boileau , whose Equivoque , a poem of only 272 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Page 381
... diligence ; and Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine . That in his latter life he was too much a lover of the bottle , is not denied ; but I have heard it imputed to a cause more likely to obtain ...
... diligence ; and Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine . That in his latter life he was too much a lover of the bottle , is not denied ; but I have heard it imputed to a cause more likely to obtain ...
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