The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 21
... lived viciously , in an age when he that would be thought a wit was afraid to say his prayers ; and whatever might have been bad in the first part of his life , was surely condemned and reformed by his better judgment . In 1683 , being ...
... lived viciously , in an age when he that would be thought a wit was afraid to say his prayers ; and whatever might have been bad in the first part of his life , was surely condemned and reformed by his better judgment . In 1683 , being ...
Pàgina 30
... lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 . Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some public occasion they both preached before the House of Commons . There prevailed in ...
... lived to his seventy - ninth year , and died May 20 , 1713 . Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some public occasion they both preached before the House of Commons . There prevailed in ...
Pàgina 49
... lived on discontented through the rest of Queen Anne's reign ; but the time came at last when he found kinder friends . At the accession of King George he was made Poet Laureate ; I am afraid by the ejection of poor Nahum Tate , who ...
... lived on discontented through the rest of Queen Anne's reign ; but the time came at last when he found kinder friends . At the accession of King George he was made Poet Laureate ; I am afraid by the ejection of poor Nahum Tate , who ...
Pàgina 50
... lived to finish , but not to publish . It seems to have been printed under the care of Dr. Wellwood , who prefixed the author's life , in which is contained the following character : - ' As to his person , it was graceful and well ...
... lived to finish , but not to publish . It seems to have been printed under the care of Dr. Wellwood , who prefixed the author's life , in which is contained the following character : - ' As to his person , it was graceful and well ...
Pàgina 56
... lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequious- ness . Addison , 1 who knew his own dignity , could not always ...
... lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequious- ness . Addison , 1 who knew his own dignity , could not always ...
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