Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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... write by imitating printed books ; a fpecies of penmanship in which he retained great excellence through his whole life , though his or- dinary hand was not elegant . When he was about eight , he was placed in Hampshire under Taverner ...
... write by imitating printed books ; a fpecies of penmanship in which he retained great excellence through his whole life , though his or- dinary hand was not elegant . When he was about eight , he was placed in Hampshire under Taverner ...
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... have attained , aud which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the fame age . His time was now fpent wholly in reading and writing . As he read the Claf- Clafficks , he amufed himself with tranflating them ; and POPE 9.
... have attained , aud which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the fame age . His time was now fpent wholly in reading and writing . As he read the Claf- Clafficks , he amufed himself with tranflating them ; and POPE 9.
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... writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with con- tempt , tempt , though he had yet fuffered nothing ...
... writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with con- tempt , tempt , though he had yet fuffered nothing ...
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... write a pastoral comedy , like those which are read fo eagerly in Italy ; a defign which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking himself entitled to poeti- cal ...
... write a pastoral comedy , like those which are read fo eagerly in Italy ; a defign which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking himself entitled to poeti- cal ...
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... writes with the confidence of one who could truft his information . She was a woman of eminent rank and large for- tune , the ward of an unkle , who , having given her a proper education , expected like other guardians that the should ...
... writes with the confidence of one who could truft his information . She was a woman of eminent rank and large for- tune , the ward of an unkle , who , having given her a proper education , expected like other guardians that the should ...
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