The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 7
... minds which amaze the world with early pregnancy : his first work , except his few poetical Effays , was the " Diffentions in " Athens and Rome , " publifhed ( 1701 ) in his thirty - fourth year . After its appearance , paying a vifit ...
... minds which amaze the world with early pregnancy : his first work , except his few poetical Effays , was the " Diffentions in " Athens and Rome , " publifhed ( 1701 ) in his thirty - fourth year . After its appearance , paying a vifit ...
Pàgina 20
... fidered himfelf as in a state of exile . It seems that his firft recourfe was to piety . The thoughts of death rushed upon him , at this time , with fuch inceffant importu- nity , that they took poffeffion of his mind , nity , 20 SWIFT .
... fidered himfelf as in a state of exile . It seems that his firft recourfe was to piety . The thoughts of death rushed upon him , at this time , with fuch inceffant importu- nity , that they took poffeffion of his mind , nity , 20 SWIFT .
Pàgina 21
... mind , when he firft waked , for many years together . He opened his house by a publick table two days a week , and found his entertainments gradually fre- quented by more and more vifitants of learning among the men , and of elegance ...
... mind , when he firft waked , for many years together . He opened his house by a publick table two days a week , and found his entertainments gradually fre- quented by more and more vifitants of learning among the men , and of elegance ...
Pàgina 23
... mind , and , as he reprefents him- felf , was undetermined . For his admiffion of her courtship , and his indulgence of her hopes after his marriage to Stella , no other honeft plea can be found than that he delayed a difagreeable ...
... mind , and , as he reprefents him- felf , was undetermined . For his admiffion of her courtship , and his indulgence of her hopes after his marriage to Stella , no other honeft plea can be found than that he delayed a difagreeable ...
Pàgina 30
... mind made her tell him , when he offered to acknowledge her , that " it was " too late . " She then gave up herself to forrowful refentment , and died under the tyranny of him , by whom he was in the highest degree loved and ho- noured ...
... mind made her tell him , when he offered to acknowledge her , that " it was " too late . " She then gave up herself to forrowful refentment , and died under the tyranny of him , by whom he was in the highest degree loved and ho- noured ...
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