“The” Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert AndersonArch, 1795 |
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... defire which he had of settling in England ; and this , he hoped , might be accomplished , by an exchange of his preferments for fomething like an equiva- lent in England ; but he foon found that all expectations of an exchange were at ...
... defire which he had of settling in England ; and this , he hoped , might be accomplished , by an exchange of his preferments for fomething like an equiva- lent in England ; but he foon found that all expectations of an exchange were at ...
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... defire , and more expreffive of friendship than love . " Upon a general view of his poetry , we shall find him , as in his other performances , an uncom- mon , furprising , heteroclite genius , luxurious in his fancy , lively in his ...
... defire , and more expreffive of friendship than love . " Upon a general view of his poetry , we shall find him , as in his other performances , an uncom- mon , furprising , heteroclite genius , luxurious in his fancy , lively in his ...
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... defire . He is querulous and faftidious , arrogant and malignant ; he fcarcely speaks of himself but with indignant lamentations , or of others but with infolent fuperiority when he is gay , and with angry contempt when he is gloomy ...
... defire . He is querulous and faftidious , arrogant and malignant ; he fcarcely speaks of himself but with indignant lamentations , or of others but with infolent fuperiority when he is gay , and with angry contempt when he is gloomy ...
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... defire , Would vanish in a pyramid of fire . This furly flippery god , when he defign'd To furnish his cfcapes , Ne'er borrow'd more variety of fhapes Then you to pleafe and fatisfy mankind , And seem ( almoft ) transform'd to water ...
... defire , Would vanish in a pyramid of fire . This furly flippery god , when he defign'd To furnish his cfcapes , Ne'er borrow'd more variety of fhapes Then you to pleafe and fatisfy mankind , And seem ( almoft ) transform'd to water ...
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... defire your Excellencies protection , flection ; And that I may have a fhare in next Sunday's col- And , over and above , that I may have your Ex- cellencies letter , With an order for the chaplain aforefaid , or , in- ftead of him , a ...
... defire your Excellencies protection , flection ; And that I may have a fhare in next Sunday's col- And , over and above , that I may have your Ex- cellencies letter , With an order for the chaplain aforefaid , or , in- ftead of him , a ...
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