The lives of the English poetsLuke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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... never could bring it to retain " the ordinary rules of grammar . " " " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain ...
... never could bring it to retain " the ordinary rules of grammar . " " " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain ...
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... never could prevail on him to learn the " rules without book . " He does not tell that he could not learn the rules ; but that , being able to perform his exercises without them , and being an enemy to constraint , " he spared himself ...
... never could prevail on him to learn the " rules without book . " He does not tell that he could not learn the rules ; but that , being able to perform his exercises without them , and being an enemy to constraint , " he spared himself ...
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... never inserted in any collection of his Works ; " but he al- tered the expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's Works by the particular di- rection of Dr. Johnson . N. subsequent ...
... never inserted in any collection of his Works ; " but he al- tered the expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's Works by the particular di- rection of Dr. Johnson . N. subsequent ...
Strona 6
... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate in some mea- sure the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit ...
... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate in some mea- sure the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit ...
Strona 7
... never within the possibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself some- times invited , and sometimes ...
... never within the possibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself some- times invited , and sometimes ...
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