Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 |
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Pagina 47
... mean , that we are entertained every day with more valuable sentiments at the table - conversation of ingenious and ... meaning in the Preface to another book , as if I condemned and exposed all learning , though they knew I declared ...
... mean , that we are entertained every day with more valuable sentiments at the table - conversation of ingenious and ... meaning in the Preface to another book , as if I condemned and exposed all learning , though they knew I declared ...
Pagina 151
... means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above want , and was ... mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth ...
... means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above want , and was ... mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth ...
Pagina 341
... mean any- thing , must mean the same . That Gay was a man in wit is a very frigid commenda- tion ; to have the wit of a man is not much for a poet . The wit of man , and the simplicity of a child , make a poor and vulgar contrast , and ...
... mean any- thing , must mean the same . That Gay was a man in wit is a very frigid commenda- tion ; to have the wit of a man is not much for a poet . The wit of man , and the simplicity of a child , make a poor and vulgar contrast , and ...
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