The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... himself of dedicating it to your facred Majefty . This defign , which had given him fo much pleasure for fome years , out - lafted his abilities to put it in execution for , when his life was defpaired of , and this part of the book ...
... himself of dedicating it to your facred Majefty . This defign , which had given him fo much pleasure for fome years , out - lafted his abilities to put it in execution for , when his life was defpaired of , and this part of the book ...
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... himself . It was in the courfe of these ftudies he contracted ansintimate friendship with Aulus Perfius , the fatirift . It is no wonder that two men , whofe geniufes were fo much alike , should unite and become agreeable to one another ...
... himself . It was in the courfe of these ftudies he contracted ansintimate friendship with Aulus Perfius , the fatirift . It is no wonder that two men , whofe geniufes were fo much alike , should unite and become agreeable to one another ...
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... himself most upon ; for all writers agree , he declaimed in public when but fourteen years old , both in Greek and Latin , with universal applaufe . To this purpose it is obfervable , that he has interspersed a great many orations in ...
... himself most upon ; for all writers agree , he declaimed in public when but fourteen years old , both in Greek and Latin , with universal applaufe . To this purpose it is obfervable , that he has interspersed a great many orations in ...
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... himself was not only fond of it to the highest degree , but , as moft bad poets are , was vain and conceited of his performances in that kind . He valued himself more upon his skill in that art , and in mufic , than on the purple he ...
... himself was not only fond of it to the highest degree , but , as moft bad poets are , was vain and conceited of his performances in that kind . He valued himself more upon his skill in that art , and in mufic , than on the purple he ...
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... himself repeating them . I believe a fample of them may not be unacceptable to the reader , as tranflated thus by Mr. Dryden : FRIEND . But to raw numbers and unfinish'd verse , Sweet found is added now , to make it terfe . ' Tis tagg'd ...
... himself repeating them . I believe a fample of them may not be unacceptable to the reader , as tranflated thus by Mr. Dryden : FRIEND . But to raw numbers and unfinish'd verse , Sweet found is added now , to make it terfe . ' Tis tagg'd ...
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