Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 108
... virtue would not endeavour to palliate them , his gratitude would not suffer him to prolong the memory , or diffuse the censure . In his Wanderer , he has indeed taken an opportunity of mentioning her , but celebrates her not for her virtue ...
... virtue would not endeavour to palliate them , his gratitude would not suffer him to prolong the memory , or diffuse the censure . In his Wanderer , he has indeed taken an opportunity of mentioning her , but celebrates her not for her virtue ...
Page 125
... virtue , and found the man whom he had celebrated , when he had an opportunity of examining him more narrowly , unworthy of the panegyrick which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the ...
... virtue , and found the man whom he had celebrated , when he had an opportunity of examining him more narrowly , unworthy of the panegyrick which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the ...
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... virtue confirmed by habit ; a circumstance which in his Bastard he laments in a very affecting manner : -No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer : No Father's guardian - hand my youth maintain'd , Call'd forth my virtues ...
... virtue confirmed by habit ; a circumstance which in his Bastard he laments in a very affecting manner : -No Mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer : No Father's guardian - hand my youth maintain'd , Call'd forth my virtues ...
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