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 12
... less tedious by writing his Alma . He was , however , foon after difcharged . en He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profits of his employments might have been , he had always fpent it ; and at the age of ...
... less tedious by writing his Alma . He was , however , foon after difcharged . en He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profits of his employments might have been , he had always fpent it ; and at the age of ...
Pàgina 52
... less " induftrious to fearch out the merit of an author , " than fagacious in difcerning his errors and de- " fects ; and takes more pleasure in commending " the beauties , than expofing the blemishes of a " laudable writing : like ...
... less " induftrious to fearch out the merit of an author , " than fagacious in difcerning his errors and de- " fects ; and takes more pleasure in commending " the beauties , than expofing the blemishes of a " laudable writing : like ...
Pàgina 62
... less neceffary . Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and defcription . To reason in verse , is allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verfe , but very often reafons poetically : and finds the art of uniting ...
... less neceffary . Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and defcription . To reason in verse , is allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verfe , but very often reafons poetically : and finds the art of uniting ...
Pàgina 115
... less remarkable for what they have fuffered , than for what they have achieved ; and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned , and relate their unhappy lives , and un- timely deaths . To these mournful ...
... less remarkable for what they have fuffered , than for what they have achieved ; and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned , and relate their unhappy lives , and un- timely deaths . To these mournful ...
Pàgina 168
... less fenfible of his diftrefs ; many , who had only an opportunity to hear one part , made no fcruple to propagate the account which they received ; many allifted their circulation from malice or revenge ; and perhaps many pretended to ...
... less fenfible of his diftrefs ; many , who had only an opportunity to hear one part , made no fcruple to propagate the account which they received ; many allifted their circulation from malice or revenge ; and perhaps many pretended to ...
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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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