The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 70
... imagination of his examiners had impregnated with treason , and the Doctor was enjoined to explain them . Thus pressed , he told them that the words had lain unheeded in his pocket - book from the time of Queen Anne , and that he was ...
... imagination of his examiners had impregnated with treason , and the Doctor was enjoined to explain them . Thus pressed , he told them that the words had lain unheeded in his pocket - book from the time of Queen Anne , and that he was ...
Page 84
... imagination which painted the solemn scenes of " The Wanderer . " 66 While he was thus cultivating his genius , his father the Earl Rivers was seized with a distemper , which in a short time put an end to his life . He had frequently ...
... imagination which painted the solemn scenes of " The Wanderer . " 66 While he was thus cultivating his genius , his father the Earl Rivers was seized with a distemper , which in a short time put an end to his life . He had frequently ...
Page 89
... imagination might sometimes incite him to men- tion too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is suf- ficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of ...
... imagination might sometimes incite him to men- tion too ludicrously . A little knowledge of the world is suf- ficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of ...
Page 92
... imagination not to be suppressed . During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance , he was without lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or ...
... imagination not to be suppressed . During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance , he was without lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or ...
Page 95
... imagination , which the suc- cess of his subscription probably produced . The dedication is addressed to the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , whom he flatters without reserve , and , to confess the truth , with very little art . * The same ...
... imagination , which the suc- cess of his subscription probably produced . The dedication is addressed to the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , whom he flatters without reserve , and , to confess the truth , with very little art . * The same ...
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