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Pàgina xvii
... YOUNG , 1681-1765 . 466 [ The life by Sir Herbert Croft . ] Johnson's estimate of his Poems , 488 -The Universal Passion , 488 - The Night Thoughts , 489 - Resignation , DAVID MALLET , 1698--1765 . p . 490 Janitor of. JOHN DYER , 1700 ...
... YOUNG , 1681-1765 . 466 [ The life by Sir Herbert Croft . ] Johnson's estimate of his Poems , 488 -The Universal Passion , 488 - The Night Thoughts , 489 - Resignation , DAVID MALLET , 1698--1765 . p . 490 Janitor of. JOHN DYER , 1700 ...
Pàgina xxiii
... Young Gentlemen are Boarded , and Taught the Latin and Greek Languages , SAMUEL JOHNSON . by 7 The " London was published anonymously , and Pope was so much struck by it , that he at once made inquiries about the author . Not being ...
... Young Gentlemen are Boarded , and Taught the Latin and Greek Languages , SAMUEL JOHNSON . by 7 The " London was published anonymously , and Pope was so much struck by it , that he at once made inquiries about the author . Not being ...
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... young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his settlement at ...
... young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his settlement at ...
Pàgina 26
... ( young virgin ) but few suitors knew The common prostitute she lately grew , ; And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . D As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of ...
... ( young virgin ) but few suitors knew The common prostitute she lately grew , ; And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . D As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of ...
Pàgina 32
... young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country ...
... young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country ...
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