The Spectator, Volume 4Donaldson, 1766 |
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... poets than among any other fet of men . 633 As there are none more ambitious of fame , than those who are converfant in poetry , it is very natural for fuch as have not fucceeded in it to de- preciate the works of those who have . For ...
... poets than among any other fet of men . 633 As there are none more ambitious of fame , than those who are converfant in poetry , it is very natural for fuch as have not fucceeded in it to de- preciate the works of those who have . For ...
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... poem on Fletcher's works .酱 But whither am I ftray'd ? I need not raife Trophies to thee from other mens dispraife : Nor is thy fame on leffer ruins built , Nor needs thy jufter title the foul guilt Of eaftern kings , who , to fecure ...
... poem on Fletcher's works .酱 But whither am I ftray'd ? I need not raife Trophies to thee from other mens dispraife : Nor is thy fame on leffer ruins built , Nor needs thy jufter title the foul guilt Of eaftern kings , who , to fecure ...
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... poets of the Auguftan age . His way of expreffing and applying them , not his in- vention of them , is what we are chiefly to admire . For this reason I think there is nothing in the world fo tirefome , as the works of thofe criticks ...
... poets of the Auguftan age . His way of expreffing and applying them , not his in- vention of them , is what we are chiefly to admire . For this reason I think there is nothing in the world fo tirefome , as the works of thofe criticks ...
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... poems in our tongue , which are of the fame nature , and each of them a maf ter - piece in its kind ; the Effay on tranflated verfe , the Effay on the art of poetry , and the Effay upon criticifm . C No 254 . FRIDAY , DECEMBER 21 ...
... poems in our tongue , which are of the fame nature , and each of them a maf ter - piece in its kind ; the Effay on tranflated verfe , the Effay on the art of poetry , and the Effay upon criticifm . C No 254 . FRIDAY , DECEMBER 21 ...
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... poem or a play , it is to qualify myfelf for a con- verfation agreeable to his tafte : He is almoft the end of my devotions ; half my prayers are for his happiness — I love to talk of him , and never hear him named but with pleasure and ...
... poem or a play , it is to qualify myfelf for a con- verfation agreeable to his tafte : He is almoft the end of my devotions ; half my prayers are for his happiness — I love to talk of him , and never hear him named but with pleasure and ...
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