The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina viii
... 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 vigour and haste . " He did not take the trouble to ...
... 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 vigour and haste . " He did not take the trouble to ...
Pàgina xxi
... kind and devoted admirer , Mrs. Thrale , seems at length to have thought that the honour of being Johnson's hostess was almost counterbalanced by the tax which he exacted on her time and patience . The cause of those deficiencies in ...
... kind and devoted admirer , Mrs. Thrale , seems at length to have thought that the honour of being Johnson's hostess was almost counterbalanced by the tax which he exacted on her time and patience . The cause of those deficiencies in ...
Pàgina 2
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 he was removed to Cambridge , † where he continued his studies with ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 he was removed to Cambridge , † where he continued his studies with ...
Pàgina 9
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
Pàgina 19
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
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