The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... performances show a mind in- cessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute occurrences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed , for such a number of ...
... performances show a mind in- cessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute occurrences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed , for such a number of ...
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... performances by many revisals ; after which the old gentleman , when he was satisfied , would say , these are good rhymes . In his perusal of the English poets he soon distinguished the versification of Dryden , which he considered as ...
... performances by many revisals ; after which the old gentleman , when he was satisfied , would say , these are good rhymes . In his perusal of the English poets he soon distinguished the versification of Dryden , which he considered as ...
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... performances to Pope , who did not forbear such remarks as were now and then unwelcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile version of Statius into his hands for correction . Their correspondence afforded the public its first ...
... performances to Pope , who did not forbear such remarks as were now and then unwelcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile version of Statius into his hands for correction . Their correspondence afforded the public its first ...
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... performances , which strike with wonder , are combinations of skilful genius with happy casualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a new race of preternatural agents , should happen twice to the same man ...
... performances , which strike with wonder , are combinations of skilful genius with happy casualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a new race of preternatural agents , should happen twice to the same man ...
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... performance of Pope himself by Fenton , who made him a gay offer of five pounds , if he would show them in the hand of Betterton . The next year ( 1713 ) produced a bolder attempt , by which profit was sought as well as praise . The ...
... performance of Pope himself by Fenton , who made him a gay offer of five pounds , if he would show them in the hand of Betterton . The next year ( 1713 ) produced a bolder attempt , by which profit was sought as well as praise . The ...
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