The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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Pàgina iv
... died early . * Disappointed in his expectation of deriving a subsistence from the * About this time he was assiduously engaged in his tragedy called Irene . ” establishment of a boarding school , he set out on iv LIFE OF.
... died early . * Disappointed in his expectation of deriving a subsistence from the * About this time he was assiduously engaged in his tragedy called Irene . ” establishment of a boarding school , he set out on iv LIFE OF.
Pàgina ix
... called the ' Connoisseur . ' Johnson was zealous for the success of the Adventurer , ' which was at first rather more popular than the ' Rambler . ' He engaged the assis- tance of Dr. Warton , whose admirable essays were well known ...
... called the ' Connoisseur . ' Johnson was zealous for the success of the Adventurer , ' which was at first rather more popular than the ' Rambler . ' He engaged the assis- tance of Dr. Warton , whose admirable essays were well known ...
Pàgina xii
... called ' The Universal Chronicle , ' and was continued till April 1760. The Idler ' evidently appeared to be the production of the same genius as the ' Rambler ; " but it has more of real life as well as ease of lan- guage . < Soon ...
... called ' The Universal Chronicle , ' and was continued till April 1760. The Idler ' evidently appeared to be the production of the same genius as the ' Rambler ; " but it has more of real life as well as ease of lan- guage . < Soon ...
Pàgina xx
... called St. Vitus's dance ; and he had the seeds of so many diseases sown in his constitution , that a short time before his death he declared , that he hardly remembered to have passed one day wholly free from pain . He possessed very ...
... called St. Vitus's dance ; and he had the seeds of so many diseases sown in his constitution , that a short time before his death he declared , that he hardly remembered to have passed one day wholly free from pain . He possessed very ...
Pàgina 2
... called Genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
... called Genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
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