The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen8John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... those few he made feveral blunders . His letters to Atterbury , both before and after his misfortune , are full of esteem , gratitude , and tenderness . He often visited him in the Tower . At their laft interview , Atterbury prefented ...
... those few he made feveral blunders . His letters to Atterbury , both before and after his misfortune , are full of esteem , gratitude , and tenderness . He often visited him in the Tower . At their laft interview , Atterbury prefented ...
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... those of any other poet of our nation , except Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Milton . Of thofe poets who rank in the highest class after them , Dryden is generally allowed to be the firft ; but his claim to that dis- tinction is at least ...
... those of any other poet of our nation , except Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Milton . Of thofe poets who rank in the highest class after them , Dryden is generally allowed to be the firft ; but his claim to that dis- tinction is at least ...
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... those wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at beft moft ...
... those wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at beft moft ...
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... those are displeased at it who are not able to follow it : and it is to be feared that efteem will feldom do any man fo much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is a third clafs of people who make the largest part of mankind ...
... those are displeased at it who are not able to follow it : and it is to be feared that efteem will feldom do any man fo much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is a third clafs of people who make the largest part of mankind ...
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... those which are called Paftorals ; nor a smaller , than thofe which are truly fo . It therefore feems neceffary to give fome account of this kind of Poem ; and it is my defign to comprife in this short paper the fub- ftance of those ...
... those which are called Paftorals ; nor a smaller , than thofe which are truly fo . It therefore feems neceffary to give fome account of this kind of Poem ; and it is my defign to comprife in this short paper the fub- ftance of those ...
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