Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on Lady ...
... perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on Lady ...
Page 188
... perhaps as often obscures as embellishes them . His judgement was eminently exact both with regard to writings and to men . The knowledge of life was indeed his chief attainment ; and it is not without some satisfaction , that I can ...
... perhaps as often obscures as embellishes them . His judgement was eminently exact both with regard to writings and to men . The knowledge of life was indeed his chief attainment ; and it is not without some satisfaction , that I can ...
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... perhaps the only , topick we have left . Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit , or Toland for a philosopher , if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject ...
... perhaps the only , topick we have left . Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit , or Toland for a philosopher , if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject ...
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