Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 |
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Pagina 128
... tion affords another instance of that inconsistency of his writings with his conversation , which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedica tion to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetra- tion ...
... tion affords another instance of that inconsistency of his writings with his conversation , which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedica tion to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetra- tion ...
Pagina 302
... tion were liberality and fidelity of friendship , in which it does not appear that he was other than he describes him- self . His fortune did not suffer his charity to be splendid and conspicuous ; but he assisted Dodsley with a hundred ...
... tion were liberality and fidelity of friendship , in which it does not appear that he was other than he describes him- self . His fortune did not suffer his charity to be splendid and conspicuous ; but he assisted Dodsley with a hundred ...
Pagina 468
... tion rather , as it seems , of leisure than of study , rather effusions than compositions . The names of his persons too often enable the reader to anticipate their conversa- tion ; and when they have met , they too often part with- out ...
... tion rather , as it seems , of leisure than of study , rather effusions than compositions . The names of his persons too often enable the reader to anticipate their conversa- tion ; and when they have met , they too often part with- out ...
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