The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that what " raises the hero , often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be said , that ...
... letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that what " raises the hero , often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be said , that ...
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... letters , that " he died of indolence ; " but his immediate distemper was the gout . Of his morals and his conversation the account is uni- form : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable ...
... letters , that " he died of indolence ; " but his immediate distemper was the gout . Of his morals and his conversation the account is uni- form : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable ...
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... - cellent versifier and a good poet . Whatever I have said of Fenton is confirmed by Pope in a letter , by which he communicated to Broome an ac- count of his death : - ΤΟ The Revd . Mr. BROOME . At PULHAM , 34 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... - cellent versifier and a good poet . Whatever I have said of Fenton is confirmed by Pope in a letter , by which he communicated to Broome an ac- count of his death : - ΤΟ The Revd . Mr. BROOME . At PULHAM , 34 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... letters . Being now generally known , he published ( 1720 ) his poems by subscription , with such success , that he raised a thousand pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the ...
... letters . Being now generally known , he published ( 1720 ) his poems by subscription , with such success , that he raised a thousand pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the ...
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... December , 1732 , and was buried in West- minster - abbey . The letter which brought an account of his death to Swift , was laid by for some days unopened , * Spence . because when he received it he was imprest with the GAY .
... December , 1732 , and was buried in West- minster - abbey . The letter which brought an account of his death to Swift , was laid by for some days unopened , * Spence . because when he received it he was imprest with the GAY .
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