The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... readers , even among those who cannot compare it with the original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the ...
... readers , even among those who cannot compare it with the original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the ...
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... reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that ...
... reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that ...
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... 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 they cannot be pleased against their will . But , though taste is ...
... 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 they cannot be pleased against their will . But , though taste is ...
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... reader with sense- less consolation : from the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas , from every tear sprung up a violet . But William is his hero , and of William he will sing : The ...
... reader with sense- less consolation : from the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas , from every tear sprung up a violet . But William is his hero , and of William he will sing : The ...
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... readers is certain ; for in two years it had three editions ; a very uncommon instance of favourable reception ; at a time when literary curiosity was yet confined to particular classes of the nation . Such success naturally raised ...
... readers is certain ; for in two years it had three editions ; a very uncommon instance of favourable reception ; at a time when literary curiosity was yet confined to particular classes of the nation . Such success naturally raised ...
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