The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... Lord Halifax , a dedi- cation , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de gustibus non est disputandum ; " men may be convinced , but ...
... Lord Halifax , a dedi- cation , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de gustibus non est disputandum ; " men may be convinced , but ...
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... acquired the right of being a judge , was willing to hear some books while they were yet unpublished . Of this rehearsal Pope afterwards gave the following account . # " The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to POPE . 221.
... acquired the right of being a judge , was willing to hear some books while they were yet unpublished . Of this rehearsal Pope afterwards gave the following account . # " The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to POPE . 221.
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Samuel Johnson. " The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it . When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the ' Iliad , ' that lord desired to have the pleasure of ...
Samuel Johnson. " The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it . When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the ' Iliad , ' that lord desired to have the pleasure of ...
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