Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 38
... censure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It ...
... censure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It ...
Page 108
... censure . In his Wanderer , he has indeed taken an opportunity of mentioning her , but celebrates her not for her virtue , but her beauty , an excellence which none ever denied her this is the only encomium with which he has rewarded ...
... censure . In his Wanderer , he has indeed taken an opportunity of mentioning her , but celebrates her not for her virtue , but her beauty , an excellence which none ever denied her this is the only encomium with which he has rewarded ...
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Samuel Johnson. selves above the reach of censure , and safe in the admission of negligent indulgences , or that ... censured him in a piece called Homerides before it was published ; Ducket likewise endeavoured to make him ridiculous ...
Samuel Johnson. selves above the reach of censure , and safe in the admission of negligent indulgences , or that ... censured him in a piece called Homerides before it was published ; Ducket likewise endeavoured to make him ridiculous ...
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