Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose Writings, Volume 2Smith, Elder and Company, 1847 - Beauty, Personal |
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... truth of argument , dignity of persons , gravity and height of elevation , fulness and frequency of sen- tence , I have discharged the other offices of a tragic writer , let not the absence of those forms be imputed to me , wherein I ...
... truth of argument , dignity of persons , gravity and height of elevation , fulness and frequency of sen- tence , I have discharged the other offices of a tragic writer , let not the absence of those forms be imputed to me , wherein I ...
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... for the greater names of truth and justice . Amicus , Ben Jonson ; amicus every clever critic , whether in Whig paper or Tory ; but magis amica , Proof . If asked to give our opinion of Ben Jonson's powers 14 SOCIAL MORALITY .
... for the greater names of truth and justice . Amicus , Ben Jonson ; amicus every clever critic , whether in Whig paper or Tory ; but magis amica , Proof . If asked to give our opinion of Ben Jonson's powers 14 SOCIAL MORALITY .
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... truth in it , as regards the writer's own mind and intentions ; and Pope , at the time , had not lived long enough to become aware of his weakness in this respect ; perhaps never did . On the other hand , there are abundant proofs in ...
... truth in it , as regards the writer's own mind and intentions ; and Pope , at the time , had not lived long enough to become aware of his weakness in this respect ; perhaps never did . On the other hand , there are abundant proofs in ...
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... truth to be denied , and does in no sort reflect upon the pre- sent professors of our faith ( he was himself a Catholic ) who are free from it . Our silence in these points may , with some reason , make our adversaries think we allow ...
... truth to be denied , and does in no sort reflect upon the pre- sent professors of our faith ( he was himself a Catholic ) who are free from it . Our silence in these points may , with some reason , make our adversaries think we allow ...
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... truth is , that neither of them was Whig or Tory , in the ordinary sense of the word . Cowley was no fonder of power in the understood Tory sense , than Thomson was of liberty in the restricted , unprospective sense of the partizans of ...
... truth is , that neither of them was Whig or Tory , in the ordinary sense of the word . Cowley was no fonder of power in the understood Tory sense , than Thomson was of liberty in the restricted , unprospective sense of the partizans of ...
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acquainted admired afterwards agreeable Aphra Behn appears Auld Robin Gray beauty Ben Jonson Bussy character charming court cousin Cowley curious daughter dear death delight doubt Duchess Duke Earl eyes fancy fashion father favour favourite feeling fond genius gentleman give grace Grignan happy heart honour Horace Walpole Hôtel de Carnavalet husband king Lady Mary Lady Mary's laugh Lavinia Fenton letters live look Lord Lord Peterborough lover Madame de Montespan Madame de Sévigné Mademoiselle marriage married melancholy mind Miss mistress Montagu mother nature never Ninon de l'Enclos noble nuns passage passion Pepys perhaps person pleasure poems poet poor Pope reputation respect sense Shakspeare sister sort speak spirit style talk Tangier tell things Thomson thou thought tion told Tory truth Ver-Vert verses virtue Whig whole wife woman words Wortley writing young