The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 22.
Pàgina 1
... say much of a life , concerning which I had long fince communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his nar- rations with fo much elegance of language and force of fentiment . JONATHAN SWIFT was , according to an account faid ...
... say much of a life , concerning which I had long fince communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his nar- rations with fo much elegance of language and force of fentiment . JONATHAN SWIFT was , according to an account faid ...
Pàgina 21
... say that he was the pooreft gentleman in Ireland that ate upon plate , and the richeft that lived without a coach . How he spent the reft of his time , and how he em- ployed his hours of ftudy , has been enquired with hopeless curiofity ...
... say that he was the pooreft gentleman in Ireland that ate upon plate , and the richeft that lived without a coach . How he spent the reft of his time , and how he em- ployed his hours of ftudy , has been enquired with hopeless curiofity ...
Pàgina 28
... says nothing * . He feems defirous enough of recommencing cour- tier , and endeavoured to gain the kindnefs of Mrs. * It is but juftice to the Dean's memory , to refer to Mr .. Sheridan's defence of him from this charge . See the Life ...
... says nothing * . He feems defirous enough of recommencing cour- tier , and endeavoured to gain the kindnefs of Mrs. * It is but juftice to the Dean's memory , to refer to Mr .. Sheridan's defence of him from this charge . See the Life ...
Pàgina 46
... say nothing of his wife's ) conveyed to " the fame Chriftian purposes at his death ; charities , " from which he could enjoy no honour , advantage , or fatisfaction of any kind in this world : when you confider his ironical and homorous ...
... say nothing of his wife's ) conveyed to " the fame Chriftian purposes at his death ; charities , " from which he could enjoy no honour , advantage , or fatisfaction of any kind in this world : when you confider his ironical and homorous ...
Pàgina 56
... say that he could not remember the time when he began to make verses . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pindar , that , when he lay in his cradle , " the " bees fwarmed about his mouth . " About the time of ...
... say that he could not remember the time when he began to make verses . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pindar , that , when he lay in his cradle , " the " bees fwarmed about his mouth . " About the time of ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1806 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Addiſon addreffed affiftance afterwards againſt almoſt appears becauſe Bolingbroke cenfure character compofition confidered converfation criticiſm criticks curiofity defign defire diction diftinguiſhed diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eafily eafy Edward Young Effay elegance Engliſh fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftanza ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed furely himſelf honour houſe Iliad juft kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letter Lord Lyttelton mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never Night Thoughts numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perfuaded perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon reft ſay ſeems ſtudy Swift thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thouſand tion told tranflation univerfal uſed verfes verfion verſes vifit whofe whoſe write Young