Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 |
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Pagina 95
... writer , who at least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the sub ... write with great intelligence of his subject , SOMERVILE 95.
... writer , who at least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the sub ... write with great intelligence of his subject , SOMERVILE 95.
Pagina 181
... writing any mendicant letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of state , to try to regain his pension . " He continued to complain of those that had sent him into the country , and objected to ...
... writing any mendicant letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of state , to try to regain his pension . " He continued to complain of those that had sent him into the country , and objected to ...
Pagina 480
... writer he had this peculiarity , that he did not write his pieces first rudely , and then correct them , but laboured every line as it arose in the train of com- position ; and he had a notion not very peculiar , that he could not write ...
... writer he had this peculiarity , that he did not write his pieces first rudely , and then correct them , but laboured every line as it arose in the train of com- position ; and he had a notion not very peculiar , that he could not write ...
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