The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, W. Mudie, & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1800 |
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Pàgina 18
... such want of repair , after a coverfation with men not , in the opinion of the world , much wifer than him- felf ? But fuch are the conceits of fpeculatifts , who ftrain their faculties to find in a mine what lies upon the furface . His ...
... such want of repair , after a coverfation with men not , in the opinion of the world , much wifer than him- felf ? But fuch are the conceits of fpeculatifts , who ftrain their faculties to find in a mine what lies upon the furface . His ...
Pàgina 30
... Such a comedy , written at fuch an age , requires fome confideration . As the lighter fpecies of dra- matic poetry profeffes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently prefuppofes a familiar ...
... Such a comedy , written at fuch an age , requires fome confideration . As the lighter fpecies of dra- matic poetry profeffes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently prefuppofes a familiar ...
Pàgina 46
... Such fuccefs naturally raised animofity ; and Dennis attacked it by a formal criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this cen- fure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of ...
... Such fuccefs naturally raised animofity ; and Dennis attacked it by a formal criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this cen- fure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of ...
Pàgina 70
... Such was the character given him by the earl of Orrery , his pupil ; fuch is the teftimony of Pope * ; and fuch were the fuffrages of all who could boaft of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his life a story is told , which ought ...
... Such was the character given him by the earl of Orrery , his pupil ; fuch is the teftimony of Pope * ; and fuch were the fuffrages of all who could boaft of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his life a story is told , which ought ...
Pàgina 86
... Such scenes please Barbarians in the dawn of literature , and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for the most part thrown away , as grow wife , and nations grow learned . men GRANVILLE . OF GEORGE GRANVILLE , or as others write ...
... Such scenes please Barbarians in the dawn of literature , and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for the most part thrown away , as grow wife , and nations grow learned . men GRANVILLE . OF GEORGE GRANVILLE , or as others write ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1782 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1865 |
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