The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... employ it , yet he has sometimes entertained his friends with his unpublished performances . " The rest of the lay monks seem to be but feeble mortals , in comparison with the gigantic Johnson , who yet , with all his abilities , and ...
... employ it , yet he has sometimes entertained his friends with his unpublished performances . " The rest of the lay monks seem to be but feeble mortals , in comparison with the gigantic Johnson , who yet , with all his abilities , and ...
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... employed ? Of the paraphrase on Isaiah nothing very favourable can be said . Sublime and solemn praise gains little by a change to blank verse ; and the paraphrast has deserted his original , by admitting images not Asiatic , at least ...
... employed ? Of the paraphrase on Isaiah nothing very favourable can be said . Sublime and solemn praise gains little by a change to blank verse ; and the paraphrast has deserted his original , by admitting images not Asiatic , at least ...
Pàgina 41
... employed afterwards in his fa- vour ; and diligent court was paid to mrs . Howard , after- wards countess of Suffolk , who was much beloved by the king and queen , to engage her interest for his promotion ; but solicitations , verses ...
... employed afterwards in his fa- vour ; and diligent court was paid to mrs . Howard , after- wards countess of Suffolk , who was much beloved by the king and queen , to engage her interest for his promotion ; but solicitations , verses ...
Pàgina 54
... employ ministers who pleased themselves with the praise of patronage . Of this ode mention is made in a humorous poem of that time , called The Oxford Laureat ; in which , after many claims had been made and rejected , Yalden is ...
... employ ministers who pleased themselves with the praise of patronage . Of this ode mention is made in a humorous poem of that time , called The Oxford Laureat ; in which , after many claims had been made and rejected , Yalden is ...
Pàgina 61
... employed him in public business ; and when ( 1717 ) afterwards he rose to be secretary of state , made him under - secretary . Their friendship seems to have continued without abatement ; for , when Addison died , he left him the charge ...
... employed him in public business ; and when ( 1717 ) afterwards he rose to be secretary of state , made him under - secretary . Their friendship seems to have continued without abatement ; for , when Addison died , he left him the charge ...
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