The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 143
... racter can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through his own mind . To make Satan speak as a rebel , without any such expressions as might taint the reader's imagination , was ...
... racter can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through his own mind . To make Satan speak as a rebel , without any such expressions as might taint the reader's imagination , was ...
Page 262
... racter of the person and his writings , without meddling with the transactions of his life , which was altogether private : I shall only make this known observation of his family , that there was scarcely so many extraordinary men in ...
... racter of the person and his writings , without meddling with the transactions of his life , which was altogether private : I shall only make this known observation of his family , that there was scarcely so many extraordinary men in ...
Page 324
... with any personal agency unworthy of a good cha- racter : he abetted vice and vanity only with his pen . One of his enemies has accused him of lewd . ness in his conversation ; but if accusation without proof 324 DRYDEN .
... with any personal agency unworthy of a good cha- racter : he abetted vice and vanity only with his pen . One of his enemies has accused him of lewd . ness in his conversation ; but if accusation without proof 324 DRYDEN .
Page 409
... remembered to their glory . Mr. Smith's cha- racter grew upon his friends by intimacy , and out . went the strongest prepossessions which had been VOL . I. T conceived in his favour . Whatever quarrel a few sour SMITH . 409.
... remembered to their glory . Mr. Smith's cha- racter grew upon his friends by intimacy , and out . went the strongest prepossessions which had been VOL . I. T conceived in his favour . Whatever quarrel a few sour SMITH . 409.
Page 465
... his re- gular fees in civility to his friends : " for , " said Dr. Johnson appears to have blended the cha racter of the Marquis with that of his son the Duke.-N. he , " I may have a hundred friends ; X 2 ADDISON . 465.
... his re- gular fees in civility to his friends : " for , " said Dr. Johnson appears to have blended the cha racter of the Marquis with that of his son the Duke.-N. he , " I may have a hundred friends ; X 2 ADDISON . 465.
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