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Pàgina viii
... Savage , who had rendered services of no very honourable kind to Pope . " Johnson himself tells us that he completed the work some time in March , 1781 , and that he wrote it in his " usual way , unwilling to work , and work- ing with ...
... Savage , who had rendered services of no very honourable kind to Pope . " Johnson himself tells us that he completed the work some time in March , 1781 , and that he wrote it in his " usual way , unwilling to work , and work- ing with ...
Pàgina xx
... Savage was wasting considerable powers in temporary gratification , John- son was advancing slowly but surely into a higher class of society . The powers of his pen were supported by those of his conversation ; he lost no friend by ...
... Savage was wasting considerable powers in temporary gratification , John- son was advancing slowly but surely into a higher class of society . The powers of his pen were supported by those of his conversation ; he lost no friend by ...
Pàgina 183
... savage ran . -'Tis but because the living death ne'er knew , of £ They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : oit al Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . There with a forest of their ...
... savage ran . -'Tis but because the living death ne'er knew , of £ They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : oit al Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . There with a forest of their ...
Pàgina 217
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
Pàgina 221
... savage licence , practised in many schools to the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodi- cal vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took ...
... savage licence , practised in many schools to the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodi- cal vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
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