The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 2
... lived to the age of eighty , had her folicitude rewarded by feeing her fon emi- nent , and , I hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her ...
... lived to the age of eighty , had her folicitude rewarded by feeing her fon emi- nent , and , I hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her ...
Pàgina 55
... lived and acted with manners uncommu- nicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the ftate of them whofe ftory is re- lated , E 4 lated , and by confequence their joys and griefs are COWLEY . 55.
... lived and acted with manners uncommu- nicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the ftate of them whofe ftory is re- lated , E 4 lated , and by confequence their joys and griefs are COWLEY . 55.
Pàgina 90
... lived five years , in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . " With what limitations this univerfality is to be un- derstood , who fhall inform us ? It might be fuppofed , that he who read fo much fhould ...
... lived five years , in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . " With what limitations this univerfality is to be un- derstood , who fhall inform us ? It might be fuppofed , that he who read fo much fhould ...
Pàgina 92
... lived at Horton , he used fometimes to fteal from his ftudies a few days , which he fpent at Harefield , the houfe of the countess dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatic entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
... lived at Horton , he used fometimes to fteal from his ftudies a few days , which he fpent at Harefield , the houfe of the countess dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatic entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
Pàgina 127
... lived longer in this place than any other . He was now bufied by Paradife Loft . Whence he drew the original defign has been varioufly conjec- tured by men who cannot bear to think themfelves ignorant of that which , at laft , neither ...
... lived longer in this place than any other . He was now bufied by Paradife Loft . Whence he drew the original defign has been varioufly conjec- tured by men who cannot bear to think themfelves ignorant of that which , at laft , neither ...
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