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Page 36
... critic of the first rank ; and , what is his peculiar ornament , he is delivered from the ostentation , malevolence ... critics to modern writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity ...
... critic of the first rank ; and , what is his peculiar ornament , he is delivered from the ostentation , malevolence ... critics to modern writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity ...
Page 37
... critics who are morose because they cannot write themselves , but is himself master of a good vein in poetry ; and though he does not often employ it , yet he has sometimes entertained his friends with his unpublished per- formances ...
... critics who are morose because they cannot write themselves , but is himself master of a good vein in poetry ; and though he does not often employ it , yet he has sometimes entertained his friends with his unpublished per- formances ...
Page 40
... place by " Eliza " in silence and darkness ; benevolence was ashamed to favour , and malice was weary of insulting . Of his four epic poems , the first had such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the 40 BLACKMORE .
... place by " Eliza " in silence and darkness ; benevolence was ashamed to favour , and malice was weary of insulting . Of his four epic poems , the first had such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the 40 BLACKMORE .
Page 41
Samuel Johnson. such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at least known enough to be ridiculed ; the two last had neither friends nor enemies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part ...
Samuel Johnson. such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at least known enough to be ridiculed ; the two last had neither friends nor enemies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part ...
Page 54
... criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it , " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a ...
... criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it , " which , says Gay , " calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a ...
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