Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1988 - 180 pagina's |
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Pagina 43
... seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ; Seen Opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern ...
... seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ; Seen Opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern ...
Pagina 83
... seen the republic of letters crowded with some , who have no other pretensions to applause but industry , who have no other merit but that of reading many books , and making long quotations ; these we have heard extolled by sympathetic ...
... seen the republic of letters crowded with some , who have no other pretensions to applause but industry , who have no other merit but that of reading many books , and making long quotations ; these we have heard extolled by sympathetic ...
Pagina 126
... seen , like me , many literary reputations promoted by the influence of fashion , which have scarce survived the possessor ; you have seen the poor hardly earn the little reputation they acquired , and their merit only acknowledged when ...
... seen , like me , many literary reputations promoted by the influence of fashion , which have scarce survived the possessor ; you have seen the poor hardly earn the little reputation they acquired , and their merit only acknowledged when ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
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