The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... delighted to involve it . Whatever was his birth , his education was Irish . He was fent at the age of fix to the school at Kilkenny , and in his fifteenth year ( 1682 ) was admitted into the Univerfity of Dublin . In his academical ...
... delighted to involve it . Whatever was his birth , his education was Irish . He was fent at the age of fix to the school at Kilkenny , and in his fifteenth year ( 1682 ) was admitted into the Univerfity of Dublin . In his academical ...
Pàgina 37
... of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written .. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language , which rather trickles than flows . D 3 His His delight was in fimplicity . That he has in SWIFT . 37.
... of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written .. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language , which rather trickles than flows . D 3 His His delight was in fimplicity . That he has in SWIFT . 37.
Pàgina 38
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. His delight was in fimplicity . That he has in his works no metaphor , as has been faid , is not true ; but his few metaphors feem to be received rather by ne- ceffity than choice ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. His delight was in fimplicity . That he has in his works no metaphor , as has been faid , is not true ; but his few metaphors feem to be received rather by ne- ceffity than choice ...
Pàgina 40
... delighted in feeming worse than he was . He went in London to early prayers , left he should be feen at church ; he read prayers to his fervants every morning with fuch dex- terous fecrecy , that Dr. Delany was fix months in his houfe ...
... delighted in feeming worse than he was . He went in London to early prayers , left he should be feen at church ; he read prayers to his fervants every morning with fuch dex- terous fecrecy , that Dr. Delany was fix months in his houfe ...
Pàgina 43
... delighted with low flattery . 66 On all common occafions , he habitually affects a ftyle of arrogance , and dictates rather than perfuades . This authoritative and magifterial language he ex- pected to be received as his peculiar mode ...
... delighted with low flattery . 66 On all common occafions , he habitually affects a ftyle of arrogance , and dictates rather than perfuades . This authoritative and magifterial language he ex- pected to be received as his peculiar mode ...
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