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
... first notice , with fome degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the beft . He had not , how- ever , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and obtained fuch ...
... first notice , with fome degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the beft . He had not , how- ever , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and obtained fuch ...
Pàgina 9
... first of January ( 1711-12 ) , and the English plenipotentiaries arrived on the fifteenth . The minifters of the different potentates conferred and conferred ; but the peace advanced fo flowly , that speedier methods were found ...
... first of January ( 1711-12 ) , and the English plenipotentiaries arrived on the fifteenth . The minifters of the different potentates conferred and conferred ; but the peace advanced fo flowly , that speedier methods were found ...
Pàgina 10
... first of Auguft , 1714 , enfued the down- fal of the Tories , and the degradation of Prior . He was recalled ; but was not able to return , being detained by the debts which he had found it necef- fary to contract , and which were not ...
... first of Auguft , 1714 , enfued the down- fal of the Tories , and the degradation of Prior . He was recalled ; but was not able to return , being detained by the debts which he had found it necef- fary to contract , and which were not ...
Pàgina 15
... not afraid of provoking cenfure ; for when he for- fook the Whigs * , under whofe patronage he first entered the world , he became a Tory fo ardent and * Spence , deter- determinate , that he did not willingly confort with men PRIOR . 15.
... not afraid of provoking cenfure ; for when he for- fook the Whigs * , under whofe patronage he first entered the world , he became a Tory fo ardent and * Spence , deter- determinate , that he did not willingly confort with men PRIOR . 15.
Pàgina 22
... first hour , is more weary the fecond ; as bodies forced into motion , contrary to their tendency , pafs more and more flowly through every fucceffive interval of space . Unhappily this pernicious failure is that which an author is ...
... first hour , is more weary the fecond ; as bodies forced into motion , contrary to their tendency , pafs more and more flowly through every fucceffive interval of space . Unhappily this pernicious failure is that which an author is ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
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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