The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 62
... a very splendid edition of Waller , with notes , often useful , often entertaining , but too much extended by long quo- tations from Clarendon . Illustrations drawn from a book so easily consulted should be made by re- 62 FENTON .
... a very splendid edition of Waller , with notes , often useful , often entertaining , but too much extended by long quo- tations from Clarendon . Illustrations drawn from a book so easily consulted should be made by re- 62 FENTON .
Page 63
Samuel Johnson. a book so easily consulted should be made by re- ference rather than transcription . The latter part of his life was calm and plea- sant . The relict of Sir William Trumbull invited him , by Pope's recommendation , to ...
Samuel Johnson. a book so easily consulted should be made by re- ference rather than transcription . The latter part of his life was calm and plea- sant . The relict of Sir William Trumbull invited him , by Pope's recommendation , to ...
Page 64
... easily be new ; for what can be added to topics on which successive ages have been employed ? Of the " Paraphrase on Isaiah " nothing very fa- vourable can be said . Sublime and solemn prose gains little by a change to blank verse ; and ...
... easily be new ; for what can be added to topics on which successive ages have been employed ? Of the " Paraphrase on Isaiah " nothing very fa- vourable can be said . Sublime and solemn prose gains little by a change to blank verse ; and ...
Page 67
... easily persuaded his master to discharge him . The Duchess of Monmouth , remarkable for in- flexible perseverance in her demand to be treated as a princess , in 1712 took Gay into her service as secretary : by quitting a shop for such ...
... easily persuaded his master to discharge him . The Duchess of Monmouth , remarkable for in- flexible perseverance in her demand to be treated as a princess , in 1712 took Gay into her service as secretary : by quitting a shop for such ...
Page 70
... easily incited to hope , and deeply depressed when his hopes were disappointed . This is not the character of a hero ; but it may naturally imply something more gene- rally welcome , a soft and civil companion . Who- ever is apt to hope ...
... easily incited to hope , and deeply depressed when his hopes were disappointed . This is not the character of a hero ; but it may naturally imply something more gene- rally welcome , a soft and civil companion . Who- ever is apt to hope ...
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