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
... is unrivalled in that species of composition . In 1748 , he formed a club that met at a chop- house in Ivy - lane every Tuesday evening , with a 6 view to enjoy literary discussion , and the pleasure a 4 DR . JOHNSON . vii.
... is unrivalled in that species of composition . In 1748 , he formed a club that met at a chop- house in Ivy - lane every Tuesday evening , with a 6 view to enjoy literary discussion , and the pleasure a 4 DR . JOHNSON . vii.
Pàgina viii
... pleasure of animated relaxation . - In the year 1749 , he pub- lished The Vanity of Human Wishes , being the tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated , ' with his name.— The same year his tragedy of Irene , ' which had long been kept back for ...
... pleasure of animated relaxation . - In the year 1749 , he pub- lished The Vanity of Human Wishes , being the tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated , ' with his name.— The same year his tragedy of Irene , ' which had long been kept back for ...
Pàgina xxiii
... 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- xxiv ADVERTISEMENT ...
... 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- xxiv ADVERTISEMENT ...
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... pleasures , and a moderate revenue , below the malice and flat- teries of fortune . ' So differently are things seen ! and so differently are they shown ! but actions are visible , though mo- tives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ...
... pleasures , and a moderate revenue , below the malice and flat- teries of fortune . ' So differently are things seen ! and so differently are they shown ! but actions are visible , though mo- tives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ...
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... pleasure , or suffer the uneasiness of solitude ; for he died at the Porch- house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . 6 He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and Spenser ; and King Charles pronounced , That Mr ...
... pleasure , or suffer the uneasiness of solitude ; for he died at the Porch- house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . 6 He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and Spenser ; and King Charles pronounced , That Mr ...
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