The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... learning have been justly distributed by the decision of posterity . The Battle of the Books is so like the Combat des Livres , which the same question concerning the Ancients and Moderns had produced in France , that the improbability ...
... learning have been justly distributed by the decision of posterity . The Battle of the Books is so like the Combat des Livres , which the same question concerning the Ancients and Moderns had produced in France , that the improbability ...
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... learning be able to find another subject so calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful produc- tions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius , by continual practice , hath been ...
... learning be able to find another subject so calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful produc- tions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius , by continual practice , hath been ...
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... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his public days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like other ...
... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his public days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like other ...
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... learning , and some women of elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His ...
... learning , and some women of elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His ...
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... learning . He pays no court to the passions ; he excites neither surprise nor admiration ; he always understands himself , and his reader always understands him : the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be ...
... learning . He pays no court to the passions ; he excites neither surprise nor admiration ; he always understands himself , and his reader always understands him : the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be ...
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