The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina 4
... occasion the Virgilian lots , * and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Consulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilianæ , is a method of divination by the opening of Virgil , and applying to the circumstances of ...
... occasion the Virgilian lots , * and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Consulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilianæ , is a method of divination by the opening of Virgil , and applying to the circumstances of ...
Pàgina 5
... occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the usurping powers , who were sent out in quest of another man ; and being examined , was put ...
... occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the usurping powers , who were sent out in quest of another man ; and being examined , was put ...
Pàgina 9
... occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
... occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
Pàgina 46
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and schoolmaster ; whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and knowledge to ...
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and schoolmaster ; whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and knowledge to ...
Pàgina 72
... occasion required . Thus comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the Moon , he crowds the imagination with the discovery of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope dis- covers . Of his moral sentiments it is hardly ...
... occasion required . Thus comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the Moon , he crowds the imagination with the discovery of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope dis- covers . Of his moral sentiments it is hardly ...
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