Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... Per- haps this was what he showed Walsh in 1706. M. + " Sir George " written first : that has a line through it , and " Charles " is written over it with a pencil . M. a long time . He could not bear that Sir 20 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
... Per- haps this was what he showed Walsh in 1706. M. + " Sir George " written first : that has a line through it , and " Charles " is written over it with a pencil . M. a long time . He could not bear that Sir 20 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
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... line- Secretosque pios ; his dantem jura Catonem . Æn . 8. 670 . and that I now believe was not meant of Cato Uticensis . — Mr . Pope . What terrible moments does one feel after one has engaged for a large work ! In the beginning of my ...
... line- Secretosque pios ; his dantem jura Catonem . Æn . 8. 670 . and that I now believe was not meant of Cato Uticensis . — Mr . Pope . What terrible moments does one feel after one has engaged for a large work ! In the beginning of my ...
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... lines on Alsop and Friend have more of satire than of compliment in them , though I find they are generally mistaken for the latter onlyt . It goes on Horace's old method of telling a friend some less fault , while you are commending ...
... lines on Alsop and Friend have more of satire than of compliment in them , though I find they are generally mistaken for the latter onlyt . It goes on Horace's old method of telling a friend some less fault , while you are commending ...
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... line to the Thames . -Mr . Pope . [ His design for this was to have a swan as flying into the river on each side of the landing place ; then the statues of two river gods reclined on the bank between them and the corner seats or tem ...
... line to the Thames . -Mr . Pope . [ His design for this was to have a swan as flying into the river on each side of the landing place ; then the statues of two river gods reclined on the bank between them and the corner seats or tem ...
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... lines over and over again so often , which he continued to the last , and did it with a surprising facility . ] I learned versification chiefly from Dry- den's works , who has improved it much beyond any of our former poets , and would ...
... lines over and over again so often , which he continued to the last , and did it with a surprising facility . ] I learned versification chiefly from Dry- den's works , who has improved it much beyond any of our former poets , and would ...
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