Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... praise but 2 what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth ' with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show ' what fine ...
... praise but 2 what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth ' with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show ' what fine ...
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... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little however that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEAL , known by the name of Smith , was ...
... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little however that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEAL , known by the name of Smith , was ...
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... praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . 31 This ode , which closed the second volume of the Muse Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far ...
... praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . 31 This ode , which closed the second volume of the Muse Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far ...
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... praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of criticism , and by a 62 cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all ...
... praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of criticism , and by a 62 cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all ...
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... praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials I am indebted to my conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late register of the ecclesiastical court of Litchfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
... praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials I am indebted to my conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late register of the ecclesiastical court of Litchfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
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