The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... obeyed him as a dictator . In his works , he has given very different specimens both of sentiment and expression . His Tale of a Tub has little re- semblance to his other pieces . It exhibits a vehemence 26 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... obeyed him as a dictator . In his works , he has given very different specimens both of sentiment and expression . His Tale of a Tub has little re- semblance to his other pieces . It exhibits a vehemence 26 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 34
... expression or a redundant epithet ; all his verses exemplify his own definition of a good style , they consist of proper words in proper places . To divide this collection into classes , and show how some pieces are gross , and some are ...
... expression or a redundant epithet ; all his verses exemplify his own definition of a good style , they consist of proper words in proper places . To divide this collection into classes , and show how some pieces are gross , and some are ...
Pàgina 82
... expression . Aaron Hill , who was represented as diving for the prize , expostulated with Pope in a manner so much superior to all mean solicitation , that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle , sometimes to deny , and sometimes to ...
... expression . Aaron Hill , who was represented as diving for the prize , expostulated with Pope in a manner so much superior to all mean solicitation , that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle , sometimes to deny , and sometimes to ...
Pàgina 90
... expressions not very favourable to morals or to liberty . About this time Warburton began to make his appearance in the first ranks of learning . He was a man of vigorous faculties , a mind fervid and vehement , supplied by incessant ...
... expressions not very favourable to morals or to liberty . About this time Warburton began to make his appearance in the first ranks of learning . He was a man of vigorous faculties , a mind fervid and vehement , supplied by incessant ...
Pàgina 92
... expression seems ; for you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done , and could not . It is indeed the same system as mine , but illustrated with a ray of your own , as they say our natural body is the same still when it is ...
... expression seems ; for you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done , and could not . It is indeed the same system as mine , but illustrated with a ray of your own , as they say our natural body is the same still when it is ...
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