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He praised me ( said he ) at a time when praise was of value to me , ” In the year
1746 , which was marked by a civil war in Britain , when a rash attempt was made
to restore the house of Ştuart to the throne , his literary career appears to have ...
He praised me ( said he ) at a time when praise was of value to me , ” In the year
1746 , which was marked by a civil war in Britain , when a rash attempt was made
to restore the house of Ştuart to the throne , his literary career appears to have ...
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was talents he has praised , and whofe genius he has deplored in his Vanity of
Human Wishes . In his political sentiments , he was a rank Tory , and till his
present Majesty ' s accession to the throne , a violent Jacobite . He had never ...
was talents he has praised , and whofe genius he has deplored in his Vanity of
Human Wishes . In his political sentiments , he was a rank Tory , and till his
present Majesty ' s accession to the throne , a violent Jacobite . He had never ...
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... in other periodical publications , and afterwards collected by Mr . Davies , in his
“ Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces , ” and to his Lives of the Poets , As a critic ,
he is entitled to the praise of being the greatest that our nation has produced .
... in other periodical publications , and afterwards collected by Mr . Davies , in his
“ Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces , ” and to his Lives of the Poets , As a critic ,
he is entitled to the praise of being the greatest that our nation has produced .
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One general remark may be ventured upon here : Through the whole of his work ,
the desire of praise , except in the case of some very favourite author , is almoft
always overpowered by his disposition to censure ; and while beauties are ...
One general remark may be ventured upon here : Through the whole of his work ,
the desire of praise , except in the case of some very favourite author , is almoft
always overpowered by his disposition to censure ; and while beauties are ...
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Hệ loved praise when it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it . He
was somewhat susceptible of flattery . As he was general and unconfined in his
studies , he cannot be considered as master of any one particular science ; but
he ...
Hệ loved praise when it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it . He
was somewhat susceptible of flattery . As he was general and unconfined in his
studies , he cannot be considered as master of any one particular science ; but
he ...
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