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Page viii
... first essays had fallen . Some inaccu- racies of style , and those luxuriancies which a young writer can hardly avoid , lay open to their cavils and cenfure ; fo far indeed they might be competent judges but the fire and enthusiasm of ...
... first essays had fallen . Some inaccu- racies of style , and those luxuriancies which a young writer can hardly avoid , lay open to their cavils and cenfure ; fo far indeed they might be competent judges but the fire and enthusiasm of ...
Page x
... officer . To Mr. Mallet he likewise owed his first acquaintance with feveral of the wits of that time ; an exact information of their characters , per- fonal and poetical , and how they stood affected to X THE LIFE OF.
... officer . To Mr. Mallet he likewise owed his first acquaintance with feveral of the wits of that time ; an exact information of their characters , per- fonal and poetical , and how they stood affected to X THE LIFE OF.
Page xv
... First Part of Liberty , he received a fevere fhock , by the death of his noble friend and fellow - traveller ; which was foon followed by another that was severer ftill , and of more general concern ; the death of Lord Talbot himfelf ...
... First Part of Liberty , he received a fevere fhock , by the death of his noble friend and fellow - traveller ; which was foon followed by another that was severer ftill , and of more general concern ; the death of Lord Talbot himfelf ...
Page xix
... first by Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Cibber , their appearing in the prin- cipal characters ; which they heighten and adorn with all the magic of their never - failing art . C He had , in the mean time , been finishing MR . JAMES THOMSON . xix.
... first by Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Cibber , their appearing in the prin- cipal characters ; which they heighten and adorn with all the magic of their never - failing art . C He had , in the mean time , been finishing MR . JAMES THOMSON . xix.
Page xx
... first , little more than a few detached stanzas , in the way of rail- lery on himself , and on fome of his friends , who would reproach him with indolence ; while he thought them , at least , as indolent as himself . But he faw very ...
... first , little more than a few detached stanzas , in the way of rail- lery on himself , and on fome of his friends , who would reproach him with indolence ; while he thought them , at least , as indolent as himself . But he faw very ...
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