The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... thought * In the first edition of this Life , Dr. Johnfon wrote , “ which was never inferted in any collection of his works ; " but he al- tered the expreffion when the lives were collected into volumes . The fatire was added to ...
... thought * In the first edition of this Life , Dr. Johnfon wrote , “ which was never inferted in any collection of his works ; " but he al- tered the expreffion when the lives were collected into volumes . The fatire was added to ...
Pàgina 13
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much lofs of purity or elegance , accommodates the diction of Rome to his own conceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long fervice , and with ...
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much lofs of purity or elegance , accommodates the diction of Rome to his own conceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long fervice , and with ...
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... thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of " The Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman - ftreet . " It was treated on the stage with great feverity , and was afterwards cenfured as a fatire ...
... thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of " The Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman - ftreet . " It was treated on the stage with great feverity , and was afterwards cenfured as a fatire ...
Pàgina 15
... have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
... have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
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... thought himself now safe enough from intrufion , without the defence of moun- tains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking fhelter in America , wifely went only fo far from the bustle of life as that he might eafily find his way back ...
... thought himself now safe enough from intrufion , without the defence of moun- tains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking fhelter in America , wifely went only fo far from the bustle of life as that he might eafily find his way back ...
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