Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2J. Murray, 1854 - 444 pàgines |
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... tion which his self - sufficiency could afford to any man . The best good man with the worst natur'd muse . In that character methinks I am reading Jonson's verses to the memory of Shakespeare ; an insolent , sparing , and invidious ...
... tion which his self - sufficiency could afford to any man . The best good man with the worst natur'd muse . In that character methinks I am reading Jonson's verses to the memory of Shakespeare ; an insolent , sparing , and invidious ...
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... tion of the Tories . It is said that he would willingly have de- clined the task , but that his friends urged it upon him . It appears that he wrote this poem at the house of Mr. St. John . Blenheim ' was published in 1705.2 The next ...
... tion of the Tories . It is said that he would willingly have de- clined the task , but that his friends urged it upon him . It appears that he wrote this poem at the house of Mr. St. John . Blenheim ' was published in 1705.2 The next ...
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... tion to tobacco is mentioned by one of his biographers , who remarks that in all his writings , except Blenheim , ' he has found an opportunity of celebrating the fragrant fume . In common life he was probably one of those who please by ...
... tion to tobacco is mentioned by one of his biographers , who remarks that in all his writings , except Blenheim , ' he has found an opportunity of celebrating the fragrant fume . In common life he was probably one of those who please by ...
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... tion on Virgil's Pastorals , in which , however studied , he dis- covers some ignorance of the laws of French versification.3 By Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Brian Palmes , of Linley , in the county of York . 2 William Walsh , of ...
... tion on Virgil's Pastorals , in which , however studied , he dis- covers some ignorance of the laws of French versification.3 By Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Brian Palmes , of Linley , in the county of York . 2 William Walsh , of ...
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... tion grew up with him ; which ( as it were a rational sort of instinct ) pushed him upon striving to excel in every art and science that could make him a credit to his college , and that college the ornament of the most learned and ...
... tion grew up with him ; which ( as it were a rational sort of instinct ) pushed him upon striving to excel in every art and science that could make him a credit to his college , and that college the ornament of the most learned and ...
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