Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 страници |
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... late Dr. Johnson , thinking with equal truth and kindness , that he might be able to pay a most es- fential mark of attention to the name of Mr. Scott , refolved to apply to the Doctor to become his biographer . Dr. Johnson was then at ...
... late Dr. Johnson , thinking with equal truth and kindness , that he might be able to pay a most es- fential mark of attention to the name of Mr. Scott , refolved to apply to the Doctor to become his biographer . Dr. Johnson was then at ...
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... late friend , and judging that fome anecdotes of fo deferving a character ought to be hand- ed down to pofterity , he wished that an account , after the manner of the lives of the poets , might be prefixed to a post- humous volume then ...
... late friend , and judging that fome anecdotes of fo deferving a character ought to be hand- ed down to pofterity , he wished that an account , after the manner of the lives of the poets , might be prefixed to a post- humous volume then ...
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... late friend , and as to Mr. Scott's 66 diffenting from him , he observed , that " authors would differ in opinion , and " that good performances could not be " too much criticifed . " Mr. Barclay read to him fome of the materials that ...
... late friend , and as to Mr. Scott's 66 diffenting from him , he observed , that " authors would differ in opinion , and " that good performances could not be " too much criticifed . " Mr. Barclay read to him fome of the materials that ...
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... late friend , and as to Mr. Scott's 66 diffenting from him , he obferved , that " authors would differ in opinion , and " that good performances could not be " too much criticised . " Mr. Barclay read to him fome of the materials that ...
... late friend , and as to Mr. Scott's 66 diffenting from him , he obferved , that " authors would differ in opinion , and " that good performances could not be " too much criticised . " Mr. Barclay read to him fome of the materials that ...
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... late acquaintance , by which he loft fo much time , which might have been fpent in the company of one , who had improved his mind by reading and re- flection ; a companion that he had long fought for in vain at Ware . Turner , however ...
... late acquaintance , by which he loft fo much time , which might have been fpent in the company of one , who had improved his mind by reading and re- flection ; a companion that he had long fought for in vain at Ware . Turner , however ...
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