Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... less , and the title raises greater expectation than the performance gratifies . Some paffages , however , are conceived with the mind of a poet ; as when , in the neighbourhood of dilapi- , dating Edifices , he fays , --At dead of ...
... less , and the title raises greater expectation than the performance gratifies . Some paffages , however , are conceived with the mind of a poet ; as when , in the neighbourhood of dilapi- , dating Edifices , he fays , --At dead of ...
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... less than thirty - fix years . " In the midft of his facred labours for " the glory of God , and good of his ge- " neration , he is feized with a most vio- " lent and threatening fever , which " leaves him oppreffed with great weak ...
... less than thirty - fix years . " In the midft of his facred labours for " the glory of God , and good of his ge- " neration , he is feized with a most vio- " lent and threatening fever , which " leaves him oppreffed with great weak ...
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