The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 95
... panegyrics for the perusal only of his patrons , and to imagine that he had no other task than to pamper them with praises however gross , and that flattery would make its way to the heart , without the assistance of elegance or ...
... panegyrics for the perusal only of his patrons , and to imagine that he had no other task than to pamper them with praises however gross , and that flattery would make its way to the heart , without the assistance of elegance or ...
Page 105
... panegyric which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the sake of him whose reputation may be injured , false praise ought likewise to be obviated , lest the distinction between vice and ...
... panegyric which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the sake of him whose reputation may be injured , false praise ought likewise to be obviated , lest the distinction between vice and ...
Page 107
... panegyric on Sir Robert Walpole , for which he was rewarded by him with twenty guineas ; a sum not very large , if either the excellence of the performance , or the affluence of the patron , be considered ; but greater than he ...
... panegyric on Sir Robert Walpole , for which he was rewarded by him with twenty guineas ; a sum not very large , if either the excellence of the performance , or the affluence of the patron , be considered ; but greater than he ...
Page 110
... was addressed to the Lord Tyrconnel , not only in the first lines , but in a formal dedication filled with the highest strains of panegyric , and the warmest professions of gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of 110 SAVAGE .
... was addressed to the Lord Tyrconnel , not only in the first lines , but in a formal dedication filled with the highest strains of panegyric , and the warmest professions of gratitude , but by no means remarkable for delicacy of 110 SAVAGE .
Page 116
... panegyric , who is capable of reproaching a criminal in the hands of the executioner . for a But these reflections , though they readily occurred to him in the first and last parts of his life , were , I am afraid , long time forgotten ...
... panegyric , who is capable of reproaching a criminal in the hands of the executioner . for a But these reflections , though they readily occurred to him in the first and last parts of his life , were , I am afraid , long time forgotten ...
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