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 28
... believe , more places than one are ftill fhewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are cer- tainly known ; if the infcription upon his monu- ment be ...
... believe , more places than one are ftill fhewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are cer- tainly known ; if the infcription upon his monu- ment be ...
Pàgina 33
... believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honeft in dignation . He was formed for a controvertist ; with fufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable ...
... believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honeft in dignation . He was formed for a controvertist ; with fufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable ...
Pàgina 45
... believe it is peculiar to him , that his first pub- lick work was an heroick poem . He was not known as a maker of verfes , till he publifhed ( in 1695 ) Prince Arthur , in ten books , written , as he relates , " by fuch catches and ...
... believe it is peculiar to him , that his first pub- lick work was an heroick poem . He was not known as a maker of verfes , till he publifhed ( in 1695 ) Prince Arthur , in ten books , written , as he relates , " by fuch catches and ...
Pàgina 72
... believe rather a Complication firft of Grofs Humors , as he was naturally corpulent , not difcharging them- felves , as he used no fort of Exercife . No man better bore ye approaches of his Diffolution ( as I am told ) or with lefs ...
... believe rather a Complication firft of Grofs Humors , as he was naturally corpulent , not difcharging them- felves , as he used no fort of Exercife . No man better bore ye approaches of his Diffolution ( as I am told ) or with lefs ...
Pàgina 90
... believe me always , with the utmost " duty and fubmiffion , Sir , " C " Your - moft dutiful fon , and moft obedient fervant , " GEO , GRANVILLE . " Through the whole reign of king William he is fuppofed to have lived in literary ...
... believe me always , with the utmost " duty and fubmiffion , Sir , " C " Your - moft dutiful fon , and moft obedient fervant , " GEO , GRANVILLE . " Through the whole reign of king William he is fuppofed to have lived in literary ...
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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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