Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 143
... easily reconciled to himself , and that he appeared very little to regret those practices which had impaired his reputation . The reigning error of his life was , that he mistook the love for the practice of virtue , and was indeed not ...
... easily reconciled to himself , and that he appeared very little to regret those practices which had impaired his reputation . The reigning error of his life was , that he mistook the love for the practice of virtue , and was indeed not ...
Page 189
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is accused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when he ...
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is accused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when he ...
Page 280
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his Letters , complaining of the treatment which his poem had found , owns that such criticks can intimidate him , nay almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his Letters , complaining of the treatment which his poem had found , owns that such criticks can intimidate him , nay almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
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