The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... told . Dryden had been more accustomed to hostilities than that such enemies should break his quiet ; and if we can suppose him vexed , it would be hard to deny him sense enough to conceal his uneasiness . The " City Mouse and Country ...
... told . Dryden had been more accustomed to hostilities than that such enemies should break his quiet ; and if we can suppose him vexed , it would be hard to deny him sense enough to conceal his uneasiness . The " City Mouse and Country ...
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... told them , that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accusation against either . " Could any thing be more absurd ...
... told them , that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accusation against either . " Could any thing be more absurd ...
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... told . He was , however , in Pope's 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 ...
... told . He was , however , in Pope's 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 ...
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... told by Lewis in his despair , of Brute and Troynovante , and the teeth of Cadmus , with his similies of the raven and eagle , and wolf and lion . By the help of such easy fictions , and vulgar topics , without acquaintance with life ...
... told by Lewis in his despair , of Brute and Troynovante , and the teeth of Cadmus , with his similies of the raven and eagle , and wolf and lion . By the help of such easy fictions , and vulgar topics , without acquaintance with life ...
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... 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 shall peruse it will be able to mark many passages to ...
... 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 shall peruse it will be able to mark many passages to ...
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