Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 153
... regard in an epistle upon authors , which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some frag- ments have appeared , inserted by him in the Magazine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
... regard in an epistle upon authors , which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some frag- ments have appeared , inserted by him in the Magazine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
Page 157
... regard . Nor was the publick much more favourable than his patron , for only seventy - two were sold , though the performance was much commended by some whose judgement in that kind of writing is generally allowed . But Savage easily ...
... regard . Nor was the publick much more favourable than his patron , for only seventy - two were sold , though the performance was much commended by some whose judgement in that kind of writing is generally allowed . But Savage easily ...
Page 188
... 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 produce the suffrage of Savage in favour of human nature , of which he never appeared to ...
... 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 produce the suffrage of Savage in favour of human nature , of which he never appeared to ...
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