The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 39
... common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportunity for such ...
... common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportunity for such ...
Page 41
... common with others ; but his senti- ments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself ; and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely ...
... common with others ; but his senti- ments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself ; and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely ...
Page 46
... common heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
... common heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
Page 48
... common law with sufficient ap- pearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards and dice ; but was very often plundered by gamesters . Being severely reproved for this folly , he professed , and perhaps believed ...
... common law with sufficient ap- pearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards and dice ; but was very often plundered by gamesters . Being severely reproved for this folly , he professed , and perhaps believed ...
Page 49
... common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to rob Addison of Cato , and Pope of his ...
... common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to rob Addison of Cato , and Pope of his ...
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