Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... learning and the polite arts , and being " pleased therein with the attempts of " Dr. Young , in confideration thereof , " and of the love he bare him , & c . " The fecond was dated the 10th of July , 1722. Young , on his examination ...
... learning and the polite arts , and being " pleased therein with the attempts of " Dr. Young , in confideration thereof , " and of the love he bare him , & c . " The fecond was dated the 10th of July , 1722. Young , on his examination ...
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... Learning , from which he foon defifted ; and , in converfation , he very eagerly forced himself into no- tice by an ambitious oftentation of ele- gance and literature . His Difcourfe on the Dysentery ( 1764 ) was confidered as a very ...
... Learning , from which he foon defifted ; and , in converfation , he very eagerly forced himself into no- tice by an ambitious oftentation of ele- gance and literature . His Difcourfe on the Dysentery ( 1764 ) was confidered as a very ...
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... learning ; and afterwards , finding himself more inclined to civil employ- ment , he laid down his commiffion , and engaged in bufinefs under the lord Townshend , then fecretary of state , with whom he attended the king to Hanover . His ...
... learning ; and afterwards , finding himself more inclined to civil employ- ment , he laid down his commiffion , and engaged in bufinefs under the lord Townshend , then fecretary of state , with whom he attended the king to Hanover . His ...
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... learning , and to piety . Of his learning this Collection exhibits evi- dence , which would have been yet fuller if the differtations which accompany verfion of Pindar had not been impro- perly omitted . Of his piety the influence has ...
... learning , and to piety . Of his learning this Collection exhibits evi- dence , which would have been yet fuller if the differtations which accompany verfion of Pindar had not been impro- perly omitted . Of his piety the influence has ...
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... write but at certain times , or at happy mo- ments ; a fantastick foppery , to which my kindness for a man of learning and of virtue wishes him to have been fupe- rior . GRAY'S GRAY'S Poetry is now to be con- fidered ; and 20 GRA Y.
... write but at certain times , or at happy mo- ments ; a fantastick foppery , to which my kindness for a man of learning and of virtue wishes him to have been fupe- rior . GRAY'S GRAY'S Poetry is now to be con- fidered ; and 20 GRA Y.
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