Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 3 |
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... easily conclude when I tell you they never read the Spectator . This was the Reason I did not see that of yo 20th [ Dec. with so much favour as enraged Dennis , " who 1688-1744 . 11 ' PASTORALS ' AND ESSAY ON CRITICISM . '
... easily conclude when I tell you they never read the Spectator . This was the Reason I did not see that of yo 20th [ Dec. with so much favour as enraged Dennis , " who 1688-1744 . 11 ' PASTORALS ' AND ESSAY ON CRITICISM . '
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... reason to thank the gods that he was born a modern ; for had he been born of Grecian parents , and his father con- sequently had by law had the absolute disposal of him , his life had been no longer than that of one of his poems , the ...
... reason to thank the gods that he was born a modern ; for had he been born of Grecian parents , and his father con- sequently had by law had the absolute disposal of him , his life had been no longer than that of one of his poems , the ...
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... reason why one should pre- cede the other . But for the order in which they stand , whatever 26 Compare Addison's Life , ' vol . ii . p . 133 . " Letter to Caryl , July 19 , 1711. ' Letters , ' 1737 , 4to . p . 83 . Old Mr. Lewis , the ...
... reason why one should pre- cede the other . But for the order in which they stand , whatever 26 Compare Addison's Life , ' vol . ii . p . 133 . " Letter to Caryl , July 19 , 1711. ' Letters , ' 1737 , 4to . p . 83 . Old Mr. Lewis , the ...
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... reason . possible , " says Hooker , " that , by long circumduction from one truth , all truth may be inferred . " Of all homogeneous truths , at least of all truths respecting the same general end , in whatever series they may be ...
... reason . possible , " says Hooker , " that , by long circumduction from one truth , all truth may be inferred . " Of all homogeneous truths , at least of all truths respecting the same general end , in whatever series they may be ...
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... reason to believe that Addison gave no encourage- ment to this disingenuous hostility ; for , says Pope , in a letter to him , " indeed your opinion , that ' tis entirely to be neglected , would have been my own had it been my own case ...
... reason to believe that Addison gave no encourage- ment to this disingenuous hostility ; for , says Pope , in a letter to him , " indeed your opinion , that ' tis entirely to be neglected , would have been my own had it been my own case ...
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