The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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Pàgina 15
... present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Lon- ginus . He had finished an ...
... present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Lon- ginus . He had finished an ...
Pàgina 24
... present question required ; and , when his friends expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself ...
... present question required ; and , when his friends expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself ...
Pàgina 38
... present Ma- jesty , and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse . The same year , being clerk of the closet to the King , he was made dean of the chapel - royal ...
... present Ma- jesty , and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse . The same year , being clerk of the closet to the King , he was made dean of the chapel - royal ...
Pàgina 56
... , as its subject was present and popular , co - operated with passions and prejudices then prevalent , and , with such auxiliaries to its intrinsick merit , was universally 1 # and liberally applauded . It was on the side of 56 GARTH .
... , as its subject was present and popular , co - operated with passions and prejudices then prevalent , and , with such auxiliaries to its intrinsick merit , was universally 1 # and liberally applauded . It was on the side of 56 GARTH .
Pàgina 57
... present family his merits were acknowledged and rewarded . He was knighted with the sword of his hero , Marl- borough ; and was made physician in ordinary to the King , and physician - general to the army . He then undertook an edition ...
... present family his merits were acknowledged and rewarded . He was knighted with the sword of his hero , Marl- borough ; and was made physician in ordinary to the King , and physician - general to the army . He then undertook an edition ...
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