The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 204
... learning scarcely to be found in any other performances , but which perhaps as often ob- $ cures as embellishes them . His judgment was eminently exact both with re- gard to writings and to men . The knowledge of life was indeed his ...
... learning scarcely to be found in any other performances , but which perhaps as often ob- $ cures as embellishes them . His judgment was eminently exact both with re- gard to writings and to men . The knowledge of life was indeed his ...
Page 215
... learning have been justly distributed by the decision of posterity . " The Battle of the Books " is so like the " Com- bat des Livres , " which the same question concern- ing the ancients and moderns had produced in France , that the ...
... learning have been justly distributed by the decision of posterity . " The Battle of the Books " is so like the " Com- bat des Livres , " which the same question concern- ing the ancients and moderns had produced in France , that the ...
Page 225
... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his public days she regulated the table , but appeared at it L2 SWIFT . 225.
... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his public days she regulated the table , but appeared at it L2 SWIFT . 225.
Page 236
... learning , and some women of elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose : of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them print- ed . His ...
... learning , and some women of elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose : of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them print- ed . His ...
Page 239
... learning . He pays no court to the passions ; he excites neither surprise nor admiration ; he always understands himself , and his reader always understands him ; the peruser of Swift wants little previous know- ledge ; it will be ...
... learning . He pays no court to the passions ; he excites neither surprise nor admiration ; he always understands himself , and his reader always understands him ; the peruser of Swift wants little previous know- ledge ; it will be ...
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