The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 39
... said by Delany , that more money was , under his direction , laid out in repairs , than had ever been in the fame time fince its firft erection . Of his choir he was eminently careful ; and , though he neither loved nor understood ...
... said by Delany , that more money was , under his direction , laid out in repairs , than had ever been in the fame time fince its firft erection . Of his choir he was eminently careful ; and , though he neither loved nor understood ...
Pàgina 78
... said , " that fomebody would hang " him . " This mifery , however , was not of long continu- ance ; he grew by degrees more acquainted with Homer's images and expreffions , and practice in- creafed his facility of verfification . In a ...
... said , " that fomebody would hang " him . " This mifery , however , was not of long continu- ance ; he grew by degrees more acquainted with Homer's images and expreffions , and practice in- creafed his facility of verfification . In a ...
Pàgina 87
... said , the Greeks their joint affent declare , The father faid , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T'accept the ransom , and release the fair : Revere the priest , and speak their joint affent : Not fo the tyrant , he , with kingly pride ...
... said , the Greeks their joint affent declare , The father faid , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T'accept the ransom , and release the fair : Revere the priest , and speak their joint affent : Not fo the tyrant , he , with kingly pride ...
Pàgina 144
... said that his greateft inconvenience was inability to think . Bolingbroke fometimes wept over him in this state of helpless decay ; and being told by Spence , that Pope , at the intermiffion of his delirioufnefs , was always faying ...
... said that his greateft inconvenience was inability to think . Bolingbroke fometimes wept over him in this state of helpless decay ; and being told by Spence , that Pope , at the intermiffion of his delirioufnefs , was always faying ...
Pàgina 168
... said , “ was " then written twice over ; I gave him a clean tran- " script , which he sent some time afterwards to me " for the prefs , with almost every line written twice ❝ over a fecond time . " 66 His declaration , that his care ...
... said , “ was " then written twice over ; I gave him a clean tran- " script , which he sent some time afterwards to me " for the prefs , with almost every line written twice ❝ over a fecond time . " 66 His declaration , that his care ...
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