Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 |
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Pagina 108
... never saw her alone , or in any other place than behind the scenes . At her death he endeavoured to shew his gratitude in the most decent manner , by wearing mourning as for a mother ; but did not celebrate her in elegies , because he ...
... never saw her alone , or in any other place than behind the scenes . At her death he endeavoured to shew his gratitude in the most decent manner , by wearing mourning as for a mother ; but did not celebrate her in elegies , because he ...
Pagina 220
... never possessed , or never exerted . It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar , that it must be con- sidered by itself ; what is true of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written . In his other works is found an equable ...
... never possessed , or never exerted . It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar , that it must be con- sidered by itself ; what is true of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written . In his other works is found an equable ...
Pagina 400
... never shaken , that his distinctions of right and wrong were never confounded , and that his faults had nothing of malignity or design , but proceeded from some unexpected pressure , or casual temptation . " The latter part of his life ...
... never shaken , that his distinctions of right and wrong were never confounded , and that his faults had nothing of malignity or design , but proceeded from some unexpected pressure , or casual temptation . " The latter part of his life ...
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