The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Volume 41781 |
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Page 523
... Christianity ; and as Infidels do not want malignity , they revenged the disappoint- ment by calling him a Methodist . P. 316. I. 14. r . the grave might be without its terrors . ' . 318. 1 , 13. r . has two amusements together . Nn 2 ...
... Christianity ; and as Infidels do not want malignity , they revenged the disappoint- ment by calling him a Methodist . P. 316. I. 14. r . the grave might be without its terrors . ' . 318. 1 , 13. r . has two amusements together . Nn 2 ...
Page 528
... Christian , may be allowed to obferve that Young is one of thofe concerning whom , as you re- mark in your account of Addison , it is proper rather to fay " nothing that is falfe than all that is true . " P. 409. 1. 7. add , Deduct from ...
... Christian , may be allowed to obferve that Young is one of thofe concerning whom , as you re- mark in your account of Addison , it is proper rather to fay " nothing that is falfe than all that is true . " P. 409. 1. 7. add , Deduct from ...
Page 531
... christian was in him a character ftill more infpired , more enraptured , more fublime than the poet and that , in his ordinary conversation , -letting down the golden chain from high , He drew his audience upward to the sky ...
... christian was in him a character ftill more infpired , more enraptured , more fublime than the poet and that , in his ordinary conversation , -letting down the golden chain from high , He drew his audience upward to the sky ...
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