“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole , that the committee were not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
... friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole , that the committee were not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
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... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thou- sand ; to which ...
... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thou- sand ; to which ...
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... friends , he will pro- bably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct . The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uni- formity of the subject , for it is sufficiently ...
... friends , he will pro- bably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct . The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uni- formity of the subject , for it is sufficiently ...
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... friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de gustibus non est disputandum ; " men may be convinced , but they cannot be pleased against their will . But , though taste is obstinate , it is variable ; and time ...
... friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de gustibus non est disputandum ; " men may be convinced , but they cannot be pleased against their will . But , though taste is obstinate , it is variable ; and time ...
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... friends , and among his friends was able to name every man of his time whom wit and elegance had raised to reputation : it may be , therefore , reasonably supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems ...
... friends , and among his friends was able to name every man of his time whom wit and elegance had raised to reputation : it may be , therefore , reasonably supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems ...
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