The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 49
... sufficient to say , that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something neither natural nor arti- ficial , neither comic nor serious . The next Ode is irregular , and therefore defective . As the sentiments are pious , they ...
... sufficient to say , that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something neither natural nor arti- ficial , neither comic nor serious . The next Ode is irregular , and therefore defective . As the sentiments are pious , they ...
Page 51
... sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare say they can be but few ; for this reason , he never wrote out of Vanity , or thought much of the Applause of men . I know an instance where he did his utmost to ...
... sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare say they can be but few ; for this reason , he never wrote out of Vanity , or thought much of the Applause of men . I know an instance where he did his utmost to ...
Page 54
... sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of Pope and Arbuthnot . One purpose of it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward , the Fossilist , a man not really or justly con- temptible . It had the fate which such ...
... sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of Pope and Arbuthnot . One purpose of it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward , the Fossilist , a man not really or justly con- temptible . It had the fate which such ...
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... sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father about a month before the Prince of Orange landed . 66 Mar , near Doncaster , Oct. 6 , 1688 . " To the Honourable Mr. Barnard Granville , at the Earl of Bathe's , St. James's ...
... sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father about a month before the Prince of Orange landed . 66 Mar , near Doncaster , Oct. 6 , 1688 . " To the Honourable Mr. Barnard Granville , at the Earl of Bathe's , St. James's ...
Page 66
... sufficient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from nature or illumina- tion from learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom he has copied the faults , and very little ...
... sufficient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from nature or illumina- tion from learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom he has copied the faults , and very little ...
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