Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 187
... attention never deserted him ; he was present to every object , and regardful of the most trifling occurrences . He had the art of escaping from his own reflections , and accommodating himself to every new scene . To this quality is to ...
... attention never deserted him ; he was present to every object , and regardful of the most trifling occurrences . He had the art of escaping from his own reflections , and accommodating himself to every new scene . To this quality is to ...
Page 227
... attention to all those that preached in his cathedral , in order to their amendment in pronunciation and style ; as also his remarkable attention to the interest of his successors , preferably to his own present emoluments ; invincible ...
... attention to all those that preached in his cathedral , in order to their amendment in pronunciation and style ; as also his remarkable attention to the interest of his successors , preferably to his own present emoluments ; invincible ...
Page 325
... attention upon age and death , was the author's favourite . To tell of dis- appointment and misery , to thicken the darkness of futurity , and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty , has been always a delicious employment of the poets ...
... attention upon age and death , was the author's favourite . To tell of dis- appointment and misery , to thicken the darkness of futurity , and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty , has been always a delicious employment of the poets ...
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