The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina xxi
... 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 temper and manners was no ignorance of what was fit to be done in ...
... 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 temper and manners was no ignorance of what was fit to be done in ...
Pàgina 3
... thought freemen of their company , without paying some duties , or obliging themselves , to be true to love . " This ... thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April ...
... thought freemen of their company , without paying some duties , or obliging themselves , to be true to love . " This ... thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April ...
Pàgina 6
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accom- modates the ... thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced itt under the title of " The ...
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accom- modates the ... thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced itt under the title of " The ...
Pàgina 7
... thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose ...
... thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose ...
Pàgina 9
... thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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