The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... reasons either not known or not men- tioned , he bequeathed a legacy , of about ten thou- sand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsi- mony ; which , though to her superfluous and use- less , might have given great assistance to ...
... reasons either not known or not men- tioned , he bequeathed a legacy , of about ten thou- sand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsi- mony ; which , though to her superfluous and use- less , might have given great assistance to ...
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... reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his cen- sures , which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . " I am not free of the poet's ...
... reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his cen- sures , which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . " I am not free of the poet's ...
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... reason for resentment ; as , in his preface to " Prince Arthur , " he had said of the dramatic writers almost all that was alleged afterwards by Collier ; but Blackmore's censure was cold and general , Collier's was personal and ardent ...
... reason for resentment ; as , in his preface to " Prince Arthur , " he had said of the dramatic writers almost all that was alleged afterwards by Collier ; but Blackmore's censure was cold and general , Collier's was personal and ardent ...
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Samuel Johnson. the praise . What was his reason , I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroic poetry ; and ( 1705 ) he published " Eliza , " in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now ...
Samuel Johnson. the praise . What was his reason , I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroic poetry ; and ( 1705 ) he published " Eliza , " in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now ...
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... reason strong , accompanied with an ima- gination full of spirit , of great compass , and stored with refined ideas . He is a critic of the first rank ; and , what is his peculiar ornament , he is delivered from the ostentation ...
... reason strong , accompanied with an ima- gination full of spirit , of great compass , and stored with refined ideas . He is a critic of the first rank ; and , what is his peculiar ornament , he is delivered from the ostentation ...
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