The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... , an elegant and instruc- tive dialogue ; in which we are told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to represent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems seems to have given Addison a model for his Dialogues DRY D E N. II.
... , an elegant and instruc- tive dialogue ; in which we are told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to represent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems seems to have given Addison a model for his Dialogues DRY D E N. II.
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... character . an animal of a moft deplored understand- ing , without converfation . His being " in a twilight of fenfe , and some glimmer- 66 ing of thought , which he can never fashion " into wit or English . His style is boister- " ous ...
... character . an animal of a moft deplored understand- ing , without converfation . His being " in a twilight of fenfe , and some glimmer- 66 ing of thought , which he can never fashion " into wit or English . His style is boister- " ous ...
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... characters Of fieges , ruins , murders , blood and wars . We'll blot out all thofe hideous draughts , and write Pure and white forms ; then with a radiant light Their breafts encircle , till their paffions be Gentle as nature in its ...
... characters Of fieges , ruins , murders , blood and wars . We'll blot out all thofe hideous draughts , and write Pure and white forms ; then with a radiant light Their breafts encircle , till their paffions be Gentle as nature in its ...
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... characters as bar- " barous as the words , might very well " pafs for a doctor's bill . To conclude , it " is porridge , ' tis a receipt , ' tis a pig with " a pudding in the belly , ' tis I know not " what : for , certainly , never any ...
... characters as bar- " barous as the words , might very well " pafs for a doctor's bill . To conclude , it " is porridge , ' tis a receipt , ' tis a pig with " a pudding in the belly , ' tis I know not " what : for , certainly , never any ...
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... characters of fieges , ruins , murders , blood , and wars , in their arbs : " Track the characters to their forms ! Oh ! to 66 " c rare fport for Jack . Never was place fo " full of game as these breasts ! You can- " not ftir but flush ...
... characters of fieges , ruins , murders , blood , and wars , in their arbs : " Track the characters to their forms ! Oh ! to 66 " c rare fport for Jack . Never was place fo " full of game as these breasts ! You can- " not ftir but flush ...
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