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 2
... give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house , where the earl of Dorfet , celebrated for patronage of genius , found him by chance , as Burnet relates , reading ...
... give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house , where the earl of Dorfet , celebrated for patronage of genius , found him by chance , as Burnet relates , reading ...
Pàgina 9
... give the beft turn thy fertile " brain will furnifh thee with to the blunders of " thy countrymen , who are not much better poli-- " ticians than the French are poets . " " Soon after , the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embaffy to ...
... give the beft turn thy fertile " brain will furnifh thee with to the blunders of " thy countrymen , who are not much better poli-- " ticians than the French are poets . " " Soon after , the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embaffy to ...
Pàgina 10
... give a different turn to our parliament and our people , according to their refolution at this " crifis . " ¢ Prior's public dignity aud fplendour commenced in August 1713 , and continued till the Auguft following ; but I am afraid that ...
... give a different turn to our parliament and our people , according to their refolution at this " crifis . " ¢ Prior's public dignity aud fplendour commenced in August 1713 , and continued till the Auguft following ; but I am afraid that ...
Pàgina 11
... give fuch an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now thought a ftricter confinement ne- ceffary than to his own house . " Here , " fays he , " Bofcawen played the moralift , and Coningsby the christian ...
... give fuch an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now thought a ftricter confinement ne- ceffary than to his own house . " Here , " fays he , " Bofcawen played the moralift , and Coningsby the christian ...
Pàgina 39
... Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly fpeak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . гій He who reads thefe lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he ...
... Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly fpeak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . гій He who reads thefe lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he ...
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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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