The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 97
... expected . His sister first married to Mr. Philips , afterwards married to Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded him in the Crown- office . She had , by her first husband , Edward and John , the two nephews whom ...
... expected . His sister first married to Mr. Philips , afterwards married to Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded him in the Crown- office . She had , by her first husband , Edward and John , the two nephews whom ...
Page 101
... expects some dream of prognosti- cation , or some music played by aƫrial performers . Both Mirth and Melancholy are solitary , silent inhabitants of the breast , that neither receive nor transmit communica- tion : no mention is ...
... expects some dream of prognosti- cation , or some music played by aƫrial performers . Both Mirth and Melancholy are solitary , silent inhabitants of the breast , that neither receive nor transmit communica- tion : no mention is ...
Page 124
... expected , and the strain of diction original and peculiar . We must not , however , suffer the pride , which we assume as the countrymen of Butler , to make any encroachment upon justice , nor appropriate those honours which others ...
... expected , and the strain of diction original and peculiar . We must not , however , suffer the pride , which we assume as the countrymen of Butler , to make any encroachment upon justice , nor appropriate those honours which others ...
Page 135
... expected from a life spent in ostentatious contempt of regularity , and ended before the abilities of many other men began to be dis- played ? Poema Cl . V. JOANNIS PASSERATII , Regii in Academia Parisiensi Professoris , Ad ornatissimum ...
... expected from a life spent in ostentatious contempt of regularity , and ended before the abilities of many other men began to be dis- played ? Poema Cl . V. JOANNIS PASSERATII , Regii in Academia Parisiensi Professoris , Ad ornatissimum ...
Page 139
... expected from it may be doubted . The Italian academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless ...
... expected from it may be doubted . The Italian academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless ...
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