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Pagina 39
... friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore , of Cors- ham , in Wiltshire , styled by Wood , Gentleman , and supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time educated in a country school , he was sent , at thirteen , to ...
... friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore , of Cors- ham , in Wiltshire , styled by Wood , Gentleman , and supposed to have been an attorney . Having been for some time educated in a country school , he was sent , at thirteen , to ...
Pagina 40
... friends were chiefly in the city . In the early part of Blackmore's time , a citizen was a term of reproach ; and his place of abode was an- other topic to which his adversaries had recourse , in the penury of scandal . Blackmore ...
... friends were chiefly in the city . In the early part of Blackmore's time , a citizen was a term of reproach ; and his place of abode was an- other topic to which his adversaries had recourse , in the penury of scandal . Blackmore ...
Pagina 42
... friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis as " equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and , instead of ...
... friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis as " equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and , instead of ...
Pagina 47
... friends with his unpublished performances . " The rest of the Lay Monks seem to be but feeble mortals , in comparison with the gigantic Johnson ; who yet , with all his abilities , and the help of the fraternity , could drive the ...
... friends with his unpublished performances . " The rest of the Lay Monks seem to be but feeble mortals , in comparison with the gigantic Johnson ; who yet , with all his abilities , and the help of the fraternity , could drive the ...
Pagina 52
... friends nor ene mies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Blackmore , being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as a physician ; his practice , which ...
... friends nor ene mies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Blackmore , being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as a physician ; his practice , which ...
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