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 xix
... strength was more than common , and his activity in early life had been greater than such a form gave reason to expect : but he was subject to an infirmity of the convulsive kind , resembling the distemper DR . JOHNSON . xix.
... strength was more than common , and his activity in early life had been greater than such a form gave reason to expect : but he was subject to an infirmity of the convulsive kind , resembling the distemper DR . JOHNSON . xix.
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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as strug- gling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as strug- gling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
Pàgina 6
... has in different men produced actions of he- roism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reason- able to appear the champion as the poet of an airy * Barnesii Anacreontem . nothing , ' and to quarrel as to write for 6 COWLEY .
... has in different men produced actions of he- roism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reason- able to appear the champion as the poet of an airy * Barnesii Anacreontem . nothing , ' and to quarrel as to write for 6 COWLEY .
Pàgina 11
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without securi- ty , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself ...
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without securi- ty , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself ...
Pàgina 12
... reason for supposing that he ever at- tempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
... reason for supposing that he ever at- tempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
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