The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina viii
... wrote it in his " usual way , unwilling to work , and work- ing with vigour and haste . " He did not take the trouble to abridge the Life of Savage , which he had published thirty - seven years before , and the story of that ...
... wrote it in his " usual way , unwilling to work , and work- ing with vigour and haste . " He did not take the trouble to abridge the Life of Savage , which he had published thirty - seven years before , and the story of that ...
Pàgina xxiv
... wrote , " About fourteen years since I landed in Skye with a party of friends , and had the curiosity to ask what was the first idea on every one's mind at landing . All answered , separately , that it was the Latin ode in which Johnson ...
... wrote , " About fourteen years since I landed in Skye with a party of friends , and had the curiosity to ask what was the first idea on every one's mind at landing . All answered , separately , that it was the Latin ode in which Johnson ...
Pàgina 2
... wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the lives were col lected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by the desire of Johnson . About the time when ...
... wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the lives were col lected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by the desire of Johnson . About the time when ...
Pàgina 8
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism had ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism had ...
Pàgina 9
... 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 , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest ...
... 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 , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest ...
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