“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because he , having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy , is the best witness we can produce of the sense in which the general ...
... opinion , that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign : the reason for which is , because he , having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy , is the best witness we can produce of the sense in which the general ...
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... opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison himself . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of his own incapacity ...
... opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison himself . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of his own incapacity ...
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... so strained , and in such want of repair , after a conversation with men , not , in the opinion of the world , much wiser than himself ? But such are the conceits of speculatists , who strain their faculties to find in a 12 PRIOR .
... so strained , and in such want of repair , after a conversation with men , not , in the opinion of the world , much wiser than himself ? But such are the conceits of speculatists , who strain their faculties to find in a 12 PRIOR .
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... opinions , so far as the means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has ...
... opinions , so far as the means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has ...
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... opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne published " Histrio - Mastix , ' a huge volume , in which stage - plays were censured . The 32 outrages and crimes of the puritans brought afterwards their whole ...
... opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne published " Histrio - Mastix , ' a huge volume , in which stage - plays were censured . The 32 outrages and crimes of the puritans brought afterwards their whole ...
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