The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... nature , could have produced Tindal for a profound author , or furnished him with readers ? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer . For had a hundred such pens as these been employed on the ...
... nature , could have produced Tindal for a profound author , or furnished him with readers ? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer . For had a hundred such pens as these been employed on the ...
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... nature of language , and without any accurate inquiry into the history of other tongues . The certainty and stability which , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he proposes to secure by instituting an academy ; the ...
... nature of language , and without any accurate inquiry into the history of other tongues . The certainty and stability which , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he proposes to secure by instituting an academy ; the ...
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... nature , became yet more slow by irresolution ; and was content to hear that dilatoriness lamented as natural , which he applauded in himself as politic . Without the Tories , however , nothing could be done ; and as they were not to be ...
... nature , became yet more slow by irresolution ; and was content to hear that dilatoriness lamented as natural , which he applauded in himself as politic . Without the Tories , however , nothing could be done ; and as they were not to be ...
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... natural right , and to like best what he makes himself is a natural passion . But to excite this passion , and enforce this right , appeared so ' criminal to those who had an interest in the English trade , that the printer was ...
... natural right , and to like best what he makes himself is a natural passion . But to excite this passion , and enforce this right , appeared so ' criminal to those who had an interest in the English trade , that the printer was ...
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... nature were violated to retain her , curiosity will inquire ; but how shall it be gratified ? Swift was a lover , his testimony may be suspected . Delany and the Irish saw with Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirma- tion ...
... nature were violated to retain her , curiosity will inquire ; but how shall it be gratified ? Swift was a lover , his testimony may be suspected . Delany and the Irish saw with Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirma- tion ...
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