Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 787 pagina's |
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... told the truth about his own birth , is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that false- hoods of convenience or vanity , falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues ...
... told the truth about his own birth , is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that false- hoods of convenience or vanity , falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues ...
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... told him that he did not understand his own verses . The biographer of Thomson has remarked , that an author's life is best read in his works : his observation was not well timed . Savage , who lived much with Thomson , once told me how ...
... told him that he did not understand his own verses . The biographer of Thomson has remarked , that an author's life is best read in his works : his observation was not well timed . Savage , who lived much with Thomson , once told me how ...
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... told him that the newest piece was something called an Essay on Man , which he had inspected idly , and seeing the utter inability of the author , who had neither skill in writing nor knowledge of his subject , had tossed it away . Pope ...
... told him that the newest piece was something called an Essay on Man , which he had inspected idly , and seeing the utter inability of the author , who had neither skill in writing nor knowledge of his subject , had tossed it away . Pope ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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