The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... Language , addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer , Earl of Chesterfield , one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state . ' The hint of under- taking this work is said to have been first suggested to Johnson by Dodsley ...
... Language , addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer , Earl of Chesterfield , one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state . ' The hint of under- taking this work is said to have been first suggested to Johnson by Dodsley ...
Pàgina xi
... Language , with a History of the Language , and an English Grammar , ' in two volumes folio . It was received by the learned world , who had long wished for its appearance , with a degree of applause , proportionable to the impatience ...
... Language , with a History of the Language , and an English Grammar , ' in two volumes folio . It was received by the learned world , who had long wished for its appearance , with a degree of applause , proportionable to the impatience ...
Pàgina xiii
... languages , and admitted into the politest libraries of Europe . In 1762 , Fortune , which had hitherto left our author to ... Language . John- son from this circumstance was censured by some as an apostate , and ridiculed by others for ...
... languages , and admitted into the politest libraries of Europe . In 1762 , Fortune , which had hitherto left our author to ... Language . John- son from this circumstance was censured by some as an apostate , and ridiculed by others for ...
Pàgina xxi
... will be read with vene- ration for their author , as long as the language in which they are written shall be understood ! END OF DR . JOHNSON'S LIFE . ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION , 17791780 . THE DR . JOHNSON . xxi.
... will be read with vene- ration for their author , as long as the language in which they are written shall be understood ! END OF DR . JOHNSON'S LIFE . ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION , 17791780 . THE DR . JOHNSON . xxi.
Pàgina 1
... language , have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of Cowley ...
... language , have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of Cowley ...
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