Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J.B. Lippincott, 1864 |
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Pàgina xi
... received accounts of his birth , are here made ; and his Will --hardly less beautiful or characteristic than one of his Essays — is printed for the first time . Concerning Milton ( —it is difficult to glean over a field so well eared by ...
... received accounts of his birth , are here made ; and his Will --hardly less beautiful or characteristic than one of his Essays — is printed for the first time . Concerning Milton ( —it is difficult to glean over a field so well eared by ...
Pàgina 18
... received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a dedication , in which he en- deavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de gus ...
... received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a dedication , in which he en- deavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de gus ...
Pàgina 19
... received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and still continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of admiration ...
... received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and still continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of admiration ...
Pàgina 21
... received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to be public ; he lived for ...
... received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to be public ; he lived for ...
Pàgina 22
... received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him by the despicable foppery of desiring to be considered not as an author , but a gentleman ; to which the French- man replied , " that if he had been only a gentleman , he should not have ...
... received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him by the despicable foppery of desiring to be considered not as an author , but a gentleman ; to which the French- man replied , " that if he had been only a gentleman , he should not have ...
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