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 8
... letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords " " were of the fame opinion , that Mr. Prior fhould " be added to thofe who are empowered to fign ; " the reafon for which is , because he having per- " fonally treated ...
... letter to the Queen . " My Lord Treasurer moved , and all my Lords " " were of the fame opinion , that Mr. Prior fhould " be added to thofe who are empowered to fign ; " the reafon for which is , because he having per- " fonally treated ...
Pàgina 9
... letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakednefs : " of thy country , and 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 ...
... letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakednefs : " of thy country , and 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 ...
Pàgina 13
... letter to Swift , " I have , " fays he , " treated lady Harriot at Cambridge ; ( a Fel- " low of a College treat ! ) and fpoke verses to her " ina gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , fo " far concerned in the damned peace at ...
... letter to Swift , " I have , " fays he , " treated lady Harriot at Cambridge ; ( a Fel- " low of a College treat ! ) and fpoke verses to her " ina gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , fo " far concerned in the damned peace at ...
Pàgina 46
... Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the fong of Mopas , which is there- fore fubjoined to this narrative . ་ - It is remarked by Pope , that what " raifes the " hero , often finks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be faid ...
... Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the fong of Mopas , which is there- fore fubjoined to this narrative . ་ - It is remarked by Pope , that what " raifes the " hero , often finks the man . " Of Blackmore it may be faid ...
Pàgina 70
... Letters , that he died of indolence ; " but his immediate dif- temper was the gout . Of his morals and his converfation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree ami- able ...
... Letters , that he died of indolence ; " but his immediate dif- temper was the gout . Of his morals and his converfation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree ami- able ...
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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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