The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 8
... Learning have been justly diftributed by the decifion of pofterity . " The Battle of the Books " is fo like the " Com- " bat des Livres , " which the fame queftion concern- ing the Ancients and Moderns had produced in France , that the ...
... Learning have been justly diftributed by the decifion of pofterity . " The Battle of the Books " is fo like the " Com- " bat des Livres , " which the fame queftion concern- ing the Ancients and Moderns had produced in France , that the ...
Pàgina 9
... learning , be able to find another " " fubject fo calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful produc- " tions of wit fhould we be deprived of from thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice ...
... learning , be able to find another " " fubject fo calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful produc- " tions of wit fhould we be deprived of from thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice ...
Pàgina 21
... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodg- ings not far from the deanery . On his publick days fhe regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere gueft , like ...
... learning among the men , and of elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodg- ings not far from the deanery . On his publick days fhe regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere gueft , like ...
Pàgina 33
... learning , and fome women of elegance , often vifited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or profe ; of his verfes he willingly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he saw them printed . His ...
... learning , and fome women of elegance , often vifited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or profe ; of his verfes he willingly gave copies , and is fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he saw them printed . His ...
Pàgina 38
... learning . He pays no court to the paffions ; he excites neither furprise nor admiration ; he always understands himself ; and his readers always understand him : the perufer of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be ...
... learning . He pays no court to the paffions ; he excites neither furprise nor admiration ; he always understands himself ; and his readers always understand him : the perufer of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be ...
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