LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the king , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended .. About the time when Oxford was surrendered to ...
... conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the king , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended .. About the time when Oxford was surrendered to ...
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... conversation . By the Spectátor it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mac Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the ...
... conversation . By the Spectátor it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mac Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the ...
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... conversation , that no man could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are ...
... conversation , that no man could draw from it any suspicion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are ...
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... conversations on religion . He had sense enough to judge that there was no danger , and therefore kept on his way , and acted as before , neither obtruding nor shunning controversy . He had perhaps given some offence by vifiting Ga ...
... conversations on religion . He had sense enough to judge that there was no danger , and therefore kept on his way , and acted as before , neither obtruding nor shunning controversy . He had perhaps given some offence by vifiting Ga ...
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... conversation , whether we wish to be useful or pleasing , the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples which may be said ...
... conversation , whether we wish to be useful or pleasing , the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples which may be said ...
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