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
... against Lewis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into publick bufinefs , was fo pleafing to king William , that he made him ...
... against Lewis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into publick bufinefs , was fo pleafing to king William , that he made him ...
Pàgina 11
... against either . " Could any thing be more abfurd , " fays he , " or " more inhuman , than to propofe to me a question , " by the anfwering of which I might , according to " them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwith- " ftanding their ...
... against either . " Could any thing be more abfurd , " fays he , " or " more inhuman , than to propofe to me a question , " by the anfwering of which I might , according to " them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwith- " ftanding their ...
Pàgina 12
... against him . What made him fo acri- monious does not appear : he was by nature no thirfter for blood . Prior was a week after com- mitted to clofe cuftody , with orders that no " per- " fon fhould be admitted to fee him without leave ...
... against him . What made him fo acri- monious does not appear : he was by nature no thirfter for blood . Prior was a week after com- mitted to clofe cuftody , with orders that no " per- " fon fhould be admitted to fee him without leave ...
Pàgina 29
... against Collier , " that comedy was written , as feveral know , " fome years before it was acted . When I wrote " it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , " to amufe myfelf in a flow recovery from a fit of " fickness ...
... against Collier , " that comedy was written , as feveral know , " fome years before it was acted . When I wrote " it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , " to amufe myfelf in a flow recovery from a fit of " fickness ...
Pàgina 31
... against their will . But though tafte is obftinate , it is very variable , and time often prevails when arguments have failed . Queen Mary conferred upon both thofe plays the honor of her prefence ; and when the died , foon after ...
... against their will . But though tafte is obftinate , it is very variable , and time often prevails when arguments have failed . Queen Mary conferred upon both thofe plays the honor of her prefence ; and when the died , foon after ...
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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 |
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