The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina vii
... pounds for what he was to perform . It is true that , as he himself described it in a letter to Boswell , his engagement was only " to write little lives and little prefaces to a little edition of the English Poets , YAZZMALITAT.
... pounds for what he was to perform . It is true that , as he himself described it in a letter to Boswell , his engagement was only " to write little lives and little prefaces to a little edition of the English Poets , YAZZMALITAT.
Pàgina xiv
... letter on his death , 285 . JOHN GAY , 1688—1732 • • · p . 286 Born at Barnstaple , 286 - Apprenticed to a silk mercer , 286 - Gains the friendship of Pope , 286 - publishes The Shepherd's Week , 286 - Publishes his Poems by ...
... letter on his death , 285 . JOHN GAY , 1688—1732 • • · p . 286 Born at Barnstaple , 286 - Apprenticed to a silk mercer , 286 - Gains the friendship of Pope , 286 - publishes The Shepherd's Week , 286 - Publishes his Poems by ...
Pàgina xxiv
... letter to Lord Chesterfield are singularly affecting . 11 So completely has Johnson identified himself with Abyssinia , that when the Prime Minister of England called upon Parliament for a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier , he spoke ...
... letter to Lord Chesterfield are singularly affecting . 11 So completely has Johnson identified himself with Abyssinia , that when the Prime Minister of England called upon Parliament for a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Napier , he spoke ...
Pàgina 3
... letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was ... letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in ...
... letters that passed between the king and queen ; an employment of the highest confidence and honour . So wide was ... letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in ...
Pàgina 39
... letter to one of his friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity , and fantastic luxury of various knowledge . To this he writes a cool and plausible answer , in ...
... letter to one of his friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity , and fantastic luxury of various knowledge . To this he writes a cool and plausible answer , in ...
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