The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina 5
... easily believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights , in ciphering and deciphering , comes to his own country ...
... easily believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights , in ciphering and deciphering , comes to his own country ...
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... easily irritated , was obliged to pass over many transactions in general expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell cannot , however , now be known ; I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work ...
... easily irritated , was obliged to pass over many transactions in general expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell cannot , however , now be known ; I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work ...
Pàgina 10
... easily understood without examples ; and I have therefore collected instances of the modes of writing by which this species of poets ( for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers ) was emi- nently distinguished . As the ...
... easily understood without examples ; and I have therefore collected instances of the modes of writing by which this species of poets ( for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers ) was emi- nently distinguished . As the ...
Pàgina 12
... easily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth wear , A globe ...
... easily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth wear , A globe ...
Pàgina 23
... easily sur- mounted , that a writer , professing to revive the noblest and highest writing in verse , makes this address to the new year : Nay , if thou lov'st me , gentle year , Let not so much as love be there , Vain , fruitless love ...
... easily sur- mounted , that a writer , professing to revive the noblest and highest writing in verse , makes this address to the new year : Nay , if thou lov'st me , gentle year , Let not so much as love be there , Vain , fruitless love ...
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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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