Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... began to diffuse itself among the nation . By his habits a man of letters ; by his skill a classical and elegant cri- tic ; and by the sweetness of his man- ners and perpetual curiosity , SPENCE was well adapted to promote , as well as ...
... began to diffuse itself among the nation . By his habits a man of letters ; by his skill a classical and elegant cri- tic ; and by the sweetness of his man- ners and perpetual curiosity , SPENCE was well adapted to promote , as well as ...
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... began upon it in verse . The Rape of the Lock was written fast all the machinery , you know , was added afterwards ; and the making that , and what was published before , hit so well together , is , I think , one of the greatest proofs ...
... began upon it in verse . The Rape of the Lock was written fast all the machinery , you know , was added afterwards ; and the making that , and what was published before , hit so well together , is , I think , one of the greatest proofs ...
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... easy to be distinguished in his originals . ] I began translating the Iliad in the year 1712. - The same . I was born in the year 1688. My Essay on Criticism was written in 1709 * , and published OF MEN AND BOOKS . 15.
... easy to be distinguished in his originals . ] I began translating the Iliad in the year 1712. - The same . I was born in the year 1688. My Essay on Criticism was written in 1709 * , and published OF MEN AND BOOKS . 15.
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... began translating the Iliad in my twenty - fifth year , and it took up that and five more to finish it . Mr. Dryden , though they always talk of his being hurried so much , was as long in translating Virgil . Indeed , he wrote plays and ...
... began translating the Iliad in my twenty - fifth year , and it took up that and five more to finish it . Mr. Dryden , though they always talk of his being hurried so much , was as long in translating Virgil . Indeed , he wrote plays and ...
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... began upon it , and I think translated all the first epistle ; and what I showed of it to Lord Oxford and Mr. Pope was very well ap- proved of . It was then that Mr. Benson offered to give the same gentleman a thou- sand pounds if he ...
... began upon it , and I think translated all the first epistle ; and what I showed of it to Lord Oxford and Mr. Pope was very well ap- proved of . It was then that Mr. Benson offered to give the same gentleman a thou- sand pounds if he ...
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