Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 páginas |
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... fomething must always be faid to gratify curiofity . Of the great author of the Night Thoughts much has been told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care ap- pears to have been taken to tell that of which proofs ...
... fomething must always be faid to gratify curiofity . Of the great author of the Night Thoughts much has been told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care ap- pears to have been taken to tell that of which proofs ...
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... fomething " of his own . " After all , Tindal and the cenfurers of Young may be recon- cileable . Young might , for two or three years , have tried that kind of life , in which his natural principles would not fuffer him to wallow long ...
... fomething " of his own . " After all , Tindal and the cenfurers of Young may be recon- cileable . Young might , for two or three years , have tried that kind of life , in which his natural principles would not fuffer him to wallow long ...
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... fomething of the fame fort from George . Of the poem the intention feems to have been , to fhew that he had the fame extravagant strain of praise for a King as for a Queen . To discover , at the very outfet of a foreigner's reign , that ...
... fomething of the fame fort from George . Of the poem the intention feems to have been , to fhew that he had the fame extravagant strain of praise for a King as for a Queen . To discover , at the very outfet of a foreigner's reign , that ...
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... fome- thing material ; and his Grace's regard for Young , added to his Luft of Praife , procured to All - fouls College a dona- tion , which is not forgotten by the Dedi- cation of The Revenge . It will furprize you to fee me cite fe ...
... fome- thing material ; and his Grace's regard for Young , added to his Luft of Praife , procured to All - fouls College a dona- tion , which is not forgotten by the Dedi- cation of The Revenge . It will furprize you to fee me cite fe ...
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... fomething like blindness fometimes in the flattery which he forced her , and her fifter Profe , to utter ? He always ,. indeed , made her entertain a moft dutiful admiration of riches ; but furely Young , though near- ly related to ...
... fomething like blindness fometimes in the flattery which he forced her , and her fifter Profe , to utter ? He always ,. indeed , made her entertain a moft dutiful admiration of riches ; but furely Young , though near- ly related to ...
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prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the english poets. samuel johnson Visualização completa - 1781 |
prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets SAMUEL johnson Visualização completa - 1781 |
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addreffed afterwards All-fouls almoſt Anne Wharton becauſe blank verfe cenfure College compofition conclufion confeffed curiofity death dedicated deferve defign defire diſcover Duke Duke of Wharton eafily eafy Edward Young Engliſh faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems feen felf fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foon friendſhip ftand ftanza ftile ftill ftudied fubject fuccefs fuch fufficiently fuppofe fure Gray himſelf honour houſe increaſe Lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Lorenzo Lyrick Lyttelton Mallet Margaret of Anjou meaſure ments moſt Mufe muſt nefs never Night Thoughts occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perfuaded Pindar pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed raiſed reafon reft rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe tion tragedy uſe vifit Voltaire Walpole Weft Wharton whofe whoſe wifh Young