The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 11
... present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expecta- tions , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an ...
... present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expecta- tions , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an ...
Pàgina 18
... present question re- quired ; and when his friends expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself ...
... present question re- quired ; and when his friends expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself ...
Pàgina 28
... Present Majesty and the Present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse . The same year , being Clerk of the Closet to the king , he was made Dean of the Chapel Royal ; and ...
... Present Majesty and the Present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse . The same year , being Clerk of the Closet to the king , he was made Dean of the Chapel Royal ; and ...
Pàgina 43
... present and popular , co - operated with passions and prejudices then prevalent , and , with such auxiliaries to its intrinsic merit , was universally and liberally applauded . It was on the side of charity against the intrigues of ...
... present and popular , co - operated with passions and prejudices then prevalent , and , with such auxiliaries to its intrinsic merit , was universally and liberally applauded . It was on the side of charity against the intrigues of ...
Pàgina 59
... present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble , had he known that such collections had been made twice before by ...
... present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble , had he known that such collections had been made twice before by ...
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