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 3
... king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is fuppofed to have paffed fome of the next years in the quiet culti- vation of literature and poetry . The death of queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a ...
... king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is fuppofed to have paffed fome of the next years in the quiet culti- vation of literature and poetry . The death of queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a ...
Pàgina 4
... king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was fecretary to another embassy at the treaty of Ryfwick ( in 1697 * ) ; and next year had the fame office at the court of France , where he is faid to have been ...
... king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was fecretary to another embassy at the treaty of Ryfwick ( in 1697 * ) ; and next year had the fame office at the court of France , where he is faid to have been ...
Pàgina 5
... King William fup- plied copious materials for either verfe or profe . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the refplendent qualities of fteady re- folution and perfonal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what ...
... King William fup- plied copious materials for either verfe or profe . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the refplendent qualities of fteady re- folution and perfonal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what ...
Pàgina 6
... king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himfelf been minifterially employed . A great part of queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators , and Prior had therefore ...
... king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himfelf been minifterially employed . A great part of queen Anne's reign was a time of war , in which there was little employment for negotiators , and Prior had therefore ...
Pàgina 20
... King are now perused only by young ftudents , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the Carmen Seculare , I cannot but fufpect that I might praife or cenfure it by caprice , without danger of detection ; for who can be ...
... King are now perused only by young ftudents , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the Carmen Seculare , I cannot but fufpect that I might praife or cenfure it by caprice , without danger of detection ; for who can be ...
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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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