Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour ' . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone ...
... reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour ' . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone ...
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... reason to apprehend . Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would seriously consider what Demosthenes , Homer , Virgil , or Horace , if ...
... reason to apprehend . Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would seriously consider what Demosthenes , Homer , Virgil , or Horace , if ...
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... reason- able , complaints of her dispensations , under which he had honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no ...
... reason- able , complaints of her dispensations , under which he had honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she flung in his way when offered to him at the price of a more durable reputation . He took care to have no ...
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... reason , appeal from the people to more refined judges ; but must submit to the public verdict without reserve or limitation . ' Essays , 1770 , i . 122 . Ante , BUTLER , 41 . 5 HORACE , Ars Poet . 1. 188 . ' They shock our faith ...
... reason , appeal from the people to more refined judges ; but must submit to the public verdict without reserve or limitation . ' Essays , 1770 , i . 122 . Ante , BUTLER , 41 . 5 HORACE , Ars Poet . 1. 188 . ' They shock our faith ...
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... reason . .. When he thinks he has your head he very soon wins your heart . ' Smalridge is Favonius of Nos . 72 , 114 , who ' abounds with that sort of virtue and knowledge which makes religion beautiful . ' See the Preface to vol . iv ...
... reason . .. When he thinks he has your head he very soon wins your heart . ' Smalridge is Favonius of Nos . 72 , 114 , who ' abounds with that sort of virtue and knowledge which makes religion beautiful . ' See the Preface to vol . iv ...
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