“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... endeavouring to find proofs . He continued thus confined for some time ; and Mr. Walpole ( June 10 , 1715 ) moved for an impeachment against him . What made him so acrimonious does not appear : he was by nature no thirster for blood ...
... endeavouring to find proofs . He continued thus confined for some time ; and Mr. Walpole ( June 10 , 1715 ) moved for an impeachment against him . What made him so acrimonious does not appear : he was by nature no thirster for blood ...
Page 17
... endeavoured at correctness . He never sacrifices accuracy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemptuous negligence , or impatient idleness : he has no careless lines , or entangled ser timents : his words are nicely selected , and his ...
... endeavoured at correctness . He never sacrifices accuracy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemptuous negligence , or impatient idleness : he has no careless lines , or entangled ser timents : his words are nicely selected , and his ...
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... endeavoured he seldom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of humour , imagery , or passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladia- tors ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smart- ness is ...
... endeavoured he seldom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of humour , imagery , or passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladia- tors ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smart- ness is ...
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... endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his " Mourning Bride " than it has obtained from any other critic . The same year he published " A Satire on Wit ; " a procla- mation of defiance ...
... endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his " Mourning Bride " than it has obtained from any other critic . The same year he published " A Satire on Wit ; " a procla- mation of defiance ...
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... endeavoured to diffuse the art of healing ; for there is scarcely any distemper of dreadful name , which he has not taught the reader how to oppose . He has written on the small - pox , with a vehement invective against inoculation ; on ...
... endeavoured to diffuse the art of healing ; for there is scarcely any distemper of dreadful name , which he has not taught the reader how to oppose . He has written on the small - pox , with a vehement invective against inoculation ; on ...
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