Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... write the Tale of " a Tub . " The digreffions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be confeffed to difco- ver want of knowledge , or want of in- tegrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly mifrepre- fented ...
... write the Tale of " a Tub . " The digreffions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be confeffed to difco- ver want of knowledge , or want of in- tegrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly mifrepre- fented ...
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... writer . For had ant " hundred fuch pens as thefe been em- ployed on the fide of religion , they " would have immediately funk into " filence and oblivion . " The reafonablenefs of a Test is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must ...
... writer . For had ant " hundred fuch pens as thefe been em- ployed on the fide of religion , they " would have immediately funk into " filence and oblivion . " The reafonablenefs of a Test is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must ...
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... writer more fuccefs . The people , who had been amufed with bonfires and triumphal pro- ceffions , and looked with idolatry on the General and his friends , who , as they thought , had made England the arbi- trefs of nations , were ...
... writer more fuccefs . The people , who had been amufed with bonfires and triumphal pro- ceffions , and looked with idolatry on the General and his friends , who , as they thought , had made England the arbi- trefs of nations , were ...
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... write fo finely ( ( upon her . Mrs. Johnfon fmiled , and " anfwered , " that the thought that " point not quite fo clear ; for it was " well known the Dean could write 66 finely upon a broomstick . " The great acquifition of efteem and ...
... write fo finely ( ( upon her . Mrs. Johnfon fmiled , and " anfwered , " that the thought that " point not quite fo clear ; for it was " well known the Dean could write 66 finely upon a broomstick . " The great acquifition of efteem and ...
Page 66
... heard of the ficknefs and danger of Mrs. John- fon . He then left the houfe of Pope , as it feems , with very little ceremony , finding that two fick friends cannot live tege- together ; and did not write to him till he 66 S WIF T.
... heard of the ficknefs and danger of Mrs. John- fon . He then left the houfe of Pope , as it feems , with very little ceremony , finding that two fick friends cannot live tege- together ; and did not write to him till he 66 S WIF T.
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