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Pàgina xix
... desire of conviction , or for the love of debate . It was said of a noted wag , that his bon - mots did not give full satisfaction when published because he could not print his face . But with respect to Dr. Johnson , this has been in ...
... desire of conviction , or for the love of debate . It was said of a noted wag , that his bon - mots did not give full satisfaction when published because he could not print his face . But with respect to Dr. Johnson , this has been in ...
Pàgina 1
... desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its ...
... desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its ...
Pàgina 2
... ; " but he altered the expression when the lives were col lected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by the desire of Johnson . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament 2 COWLEY .
... ; " but he altered the expression when the lives were col lected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by the desire of Johnson . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the parliament 2 COWLEY .
Pàgina 5
... desire had been for some days past , and did still very vehemently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to for- sake this world for ever . " From the obloquy which the appearance of submission to the ...
... desire had been for some days past , and did still very vehemently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to for- sake this world for ever . " From the obloquy which the appearance of submission to the ...
Pàgina 7
... desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surrey ...
... desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surrey ...
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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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