Lives of The English Poets Volume I1961 |
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Page 107
... diligence . The books in which his daughter , who used to read to him , representing him as most delighting , after Homer , which he could almost repeat , were Ovid's ' Meta- morphoses ' and Euripides . His Euripides is , by Mr ...
... diligence . The books in which his daughter , who used to read to him , representing him as most delighting , after Homer , which he could almost repeat , were Ovid's ' Meta- morphoses ' and Euripides . His Euripides is , by Mr ...
Page 289
... diligence the art of poetry , and enlarged or rectified his notions , by experience per- petually increasing , he had his mind stored with prin- ciples and observations ; he poured out his knowledge with little labour ; for of labour ...
... diligence the art of poetry , and enlarged or rectified his notions , by experience per- petually increasing , he had his mind stored with prin- ciples and observations ; he poured out his knowledge with little labour ; for of labour ...
Page 425
... diligence and skill . The abundance of his own mind left him little indeed of adventitious sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical eyes the important volume of human life , and ...
... diligence and skill . The abundance of his own mind left him little indeed of adventitious sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical eyes the important volume of human life , and ...
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