The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, المجلد 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... reputation . It may be therefore reasonably supposed that his manners were polite , and his conversa- tion pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the Spectator , and only one paper ...
... reputation . It may be therefore reasonably supposed that his manners were polite , and his conversa- tion pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the Spectator , and only one paper ...
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... reputation of acute grammarians and commentators ; men who have been copying one another many hundred years , without any improvement ; or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient ...
... reputation of acute grammarians and commentators ; men who have been copying one another many hundred years , without any improvement ; or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient ...
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... reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at least known enough to be ridiculed ; the last two had neither friends nor ene- mies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character ...
... reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at least known enough to be ridiculed ; the last two had neither friends nor ene- mies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character ...
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... at one time assistant in the school of mr . Bonwicke in Sur- rey ; and at another kept a school for himself at Seven- oaks in Kent , which he brought into reputation ; but was persuaded to leave it ( 1710 ) by mr . 90.
... at one time assistant in the school of mr . Bonwicke in Sur- rey ; and at another kept a school for himself at Seven- oaks in Kent , which he brought into reputation ; but was persuaded to leave it ( 1710 ) by mr . 90.
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... reputation , and , a little before he retired from it , published a volume of Latin and English verses . Under such a master he was likely to form a taste for poetry . Being born without prospect of hereditary riches , he was sent to ...
... reputation , and , a little before he retired from it , published a volume of Latin and English verses . Under such a master he was likely to form a taste for poetry . Being born without prospect of hereditary riches , he was sent to ...
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