Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1805 - English literature |
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... frequently spoke of doing , and of adding a life of his deceased friend ; but he never carried his designs into execution . As it was reported that Dr. Conybeare was rewarded with the deanery of Christ- church , for answering the first ...
... frequently spoke of doing , and of adding a life of his deceased friend ; but he never carried his designs into execution . As it was reported that Dr. Conybeare was rewarded with the deanery of Christ- church , for answering the first ...
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... frequently , that inquisitive men , examining with a flambeau ancient sepulchres which had been just opened , the fat and gross vapours , engen- dered by the corruption of dead bodies , kindled as the flam- beau approached them , to the ...
... frequently , that inquisitive men , examining with a flambeau ancient sepulchres which had been just opened , the fat and gross vapours , engen- dered by the corruption of dead bodies , kindled as the flam- beau approached them , to the ...
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... frequently beautiful , and the diction and versifi- cation for the most part clear and melodious . is defective , notwithstanding , in the most essen- tial quality of dramatic composition , the power of affecting the passions ; and is ...
... frequently beautiful , and the diction and versifi- cation for the most part clear and melodious . is defective , notwithstanding , in the most essen- tial quality of dramatic composition , the power of affecting the passions ; and is ...
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... frequent and elaborate than in the department of poetry . The delicacy of his constitution almost necessarily rendered him stu- dious and sedentary ; and his known familiarity with the best modern writers of France and Italy , and the ...
... frequent and elaborate than in the department of poetry . The delicacy of his constitution almost necessarily rendered him stu- dious and sedentary ; and his known familiarity with the best modern writers of France and Italy , and the ...
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... frequently the case in this destructive disease , remained to the last nearly entire ; he had de- dicated his tragedy , but ten days previous to his death , to Lord Cowper , and received intelligence of its favourable reception only a ...
... frequently the case in this destructive disease , remained to the last nearly entire ; he had de- dicated his tragedy , but ten days previous to his death , to Lord Cowper , and received intelligence of its favourable reception only a ...
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