Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... verse or profe ; of his verfes he willing- ly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he faw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necef- fary part of life , and perhaps ...
... verse or profe ; of his verfes he willing- ly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he faw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necef- fary part of life , and perhaps ...
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... Latin and Eng- lifh verses . Under fuch a mafter he was likely to form a tafte for poetry . Being * Goldworthy does not appear in the Villare . A born born without profpect of hereditary riches , he was fent [ 1 ] GAY. ...
... Latin and Eng- lifh verses . Under fuch a mafter he was likely to form a tafte for poetry . Being * Goldworthy does not appear in the Villare . A born born without profpect of hereditary riches , he was fent [ 1 ] GAY. ...
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... verses to Pope , was borrowed from Secundus ; but lately . fearching for the paffage which I had formerly read , I could not find it . The Night - piece on Death is indirectly pre- ferred ferred by Goldsmith to Gray's Church- yard ; but ...
... verses to Pope , was borrowed from Secundus ; but lately . fearching for the paffage which I had formerly read , I could not find it . The Night - piece on Death is indirectly pre- ferred ferred by Goldsmith to Gray's Church- yard ; but ...
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... verses there is more happiness than pains ; he is sprite- ly without effort , and always delights though he never ravishes ; every thing is proper , yet every thing feems ca- fual . If there is fome appearance of elaboration in the ...
... verses there is more happiness than pains ; he is sprite- ly without effort , and always delights though he never ravishes ; every thing is proper , yet every thing feems ca- fual . If there is fome appearance of elaboration in the ...
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... topicks of controversy . pre- The Italians foon transferred Paftoral Poetry into their own language : Sanna- zaro wrote Arcadia in profe and verse ; Taffo Taffo and Guarini wrote Favole Bofche- reccie , or Silvan ΤΟ PHILIPS.
... topicks of controversy . pre- The Italians foon transferred Paftoral Poetry into their own language : Sanna- zaro wrote Arcadia in profe and verse ; Taffo Taffo and Guarini wrote Favole Bofche- reccie , or Silvan ΤΟ PHILIPS.
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