The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... verse or profe ; of his verfes he willingly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim " Vive la bagatelle : " he thought trifles a ne- ceffary part of life , and perhaps ...
... verse or profe ; of his verfes he willingly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim " Vive la bagatelle : " he thought trifles a ne- ceffary part of life , and perhaps ...
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... verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he feems fcarcely to endeavour at concealment ; and fometimes he picks up fragments in obfcure corners . His lines to Fenton , Serene , the fting of pain ...
... verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he feems fcarcely to endeavour at concealment ; and fometimes he picks up fragments in obfcure corners . His lines to Fenton , Serene , the fting of pain ...
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... verses . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pindar , that , when he lay in his cradle , " the " bees fwarmed about his mouth . " About the time of the Revolution , his father , who was undoubtedly difappointed ...
... verses . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pindar , that , when he lay in his cradle , " the " bees fwarmed about his mouth . " About the time of the Revolution , his father , who was undoubtedly difappointed ...
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... verses in his praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himfelf , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleafant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with ...
... verses in his praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himfelf , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleafant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with ...
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... verses , might have been dispatched in lefs than three hundred and twenty days by fifty verfes in a day . The notes , compiled with the affiftance of his mercenaries , could not be fuppofed to require more time than the text . According ...
... verses , might have been dispatched in lefs than three hundred and twenty days by fifty verfes in a day . The notes , compiled with the affiftance of his mercenaries , could not be fuppofed to require more time than the text . According ...
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