Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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Page 62
... Readers I know there are of a strange turn of mind , who will hereafter peruse the Night Thoughts with lefs , fatisfaction ; who will wifh they had ftill been deceived ; who will quarrel with me for discovering that no fuch character as ...
... Readers I know there are of a strange turn of mind , who will hereafter peruse the Night Thoughts with lefs , fatisfaction ; who will wifh they had ftill been deceived ; who will quarrel with me for discovering that no fuch character as ...
Page 67
... of the living and of the dead . Who then was Lorenzo ? exclaim the readers I have mentioned . If he was not his fon , was he not his nephew , his coufin ? E 2 Thefe Thefe are queftions which I do not pre- tend to YOUNG . 67.
... of the living and of the dead . Who then was Lorenzo ? exclaim the readers I have mentioned . If he was not his fon , was he not his nephew , his coufin ? E 2 Thefe Thefe are queftions which I do not pre- tend to YOUNG . 67.
Page 71
... readers is not true , that he was Fielding's Parfon Adams . The original of that famous painting was William Young . He too was a clergy- man . He supported an uncomfortable existence by tranflating for the book- fellers from Greek ...
... readers is not true , that he was Fielding's Parfon Adams . The original of that famous painting was William Young . He too was a clergy- man . He supported an uncomfortable existence by tranflating for the book- fellers from Greek ...
Page 78
... readers may choose to form their own opinion of the features of his mind , and the complexion of his life . Ah me ! the dire effect Of loitering here , of death defrauded long ; . " Of old fo gracious ( and let that fuffice ) , My very ...
... readers may choose to form their own opinion of the features of his mind , and the complexion of his life . Ah me ! the dire effect Of loitering here , of death defrauded long ; . " Of old fo gracious ( and let that fuffice ) , My very ...
Page 93
... reader of Young's Life will naturally inquire to what it was- owing , that , though he lived almoft forty years after he took Orders , which included one whole reign uncommonly long , and part of another , he was never thought worthy of ...
... reader of Young's Life will naturally inquire to what it was- owing , that , though he lived almoft forty years after he took Orders , which included one whole reign uncommonly long , and part of another , he was never thought worthy of ...
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