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 vii
... desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pretext for the delay , that it might be better done , and let Dodsley have his desire . " His fortunate pupil Garrick having in the course of this year become ...
... desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pretext for the delay , that it might be better done , and let Dodsley have his desire . " His fortunate pupil Garrick having in the course of this year become ...
Pàgina xv
... desire which he had long entertained of visiting the Hebri- des or western isles of Scotland . He was accompa◅ nied by Mr. Boswell ; whose acuteness he afterwards observed would help his inquiry , and whose gaiety of conversation and ...
... desire which he had long entertained of visiting the Hebri- des or western isles of Scotland . He was accompa◅ nied by Mr. Boswell ; whose acuteness he afterwards observed would help his inquiry , and whose gaiety of conversation and ...
Pàgina xviii
... desire of going to Italy for the recovery of his health , and his friends not deem- ing his pension adequate to the support of the ex- penses incidental to the journey ; application was made to the minister , by Mr. Boswell and Sir ...
... desire of going to Italy for the recovery of his health , and his friends not deem- ing his pension adequate to the support of the ex- penses incidental to the journey ; application was made to the minister , by Mr. Boswell and Sir ...
Pàgina xxiii
... desire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the succession of facts is not easily discovered : and I am not with- out some suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Lang ...
... desire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the succession of facts is not easily discovered : and I am not with- out some suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Lang ...
Pàgina 3
... desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not re- frain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained ...
... desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not re- frain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained ...
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