The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... author , he would need no juftification against the cavils of fome furious ' critics , who , I am fure , would have been better pleased if they had met with more faults . Their grand objection is , that the Fury Disease is an improper ...
... author , he would need no juftification against the cavils of fome furious ' critics , who , I am fure , would have been better pleased if they had met with more faults . Their grand objection is , that the Fury Disease is an improper ...
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... author too undecently reflecting through the whole , who , being too liable to faults himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find ...
... author too undecently reflecting through the whole , who , being too liable to faults himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find ...
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... What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease , The beaux , the ladies , and the critics , please . C. BOYLE . TO то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION [ 13 ]
... What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease , The beaux , the ladies , and the critics , please . C. BOYLE . TO то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION [ 13 ]
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Samuel Garth Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION OF HIS POEM . SK me not , friend , what I approve or blame ; Perhaps I know not why I like , or damn ; I can be pleas'd ; and I ...
Samuel Garth Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION OF HIS POEM . SK me not , friend , what I approve or blame ; Perhaps I know not why I like , or damn ; I can be pleas'd ; and I ...
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... . Whilft thefe of right the deathlefs laurel fend , Be it my humble business to commend The faithful , honest man , and the well - natur'd friend . CHR . CODRINGTON . } Dr. Gibbons . ΤΟ TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH THE AUTHOR OF THE [ 15 ]
... . Whilft thefe of right the deathlefs laurel fend , Be it my humble business to commend The faithful , honest man , and the well - natur'd friend . CHR . CODRINGTON . } Dr. Gibbons . ΤΟ TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH THE AUTHOR OF THE [ 15 ]
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