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
... performance was the beft . He had not , how- ever , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and obtained fuch notice , that ( in 1691 ) he was fent to the Congrefs at the Hague as fecre- tary to the embaffy . In this affembly ...
... performance was the beft . He had not , how- ever , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and obtained fuch notice , that ( in 1691 ) he was fent to the Congrefs at the Hague as fecre- tary to the embaffy . In this affembly ...
Pàgina 17
... performance of a young lady that fat next him , he produced thefe extem- porary lines : Mais celle voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux , Et je fuis trifte quand je crie Banniffons la Melancholie . Tradition reprefents ...
... performance of a young lady that fat next him , he produced thefe extem- porary lines : Mais celle voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux , Et je fuis trifte quand je crie Banniffons la Melancholie . Tradition reprefents ...
Pàgina 29
... performance was a novel , called Incognita , or Love and Duty reconciled : It is praised by the bio- graphers , who quote fome part of the preface , that is indeed , for fuch a time of life , uncommonly ju- dicious . I would rather ...
... performance was a novel , called Incognita , or Love and Duty reconciled : It is praised by the bio- graphers , who quote fome part of the preface , that is indeed , for fuch a time of life , uncommonly ju- dicious . I would rather ...
Pàgina 45
... performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reafon for the feverity of his cen . furers , which he expreffes in language fuch as Cheapfide eafily furnished . " I am not free of the " Poets Company , having never ...
... performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reafon for the feverity of his cen . furers , which he expreffes in language fuch as Cheapfide eafily furnished . " I am not free of the " Poets Company , having never ...
Pàgina 47
... performance Dryden , who pursued him with great malignity , lived long enough to ridicule in a pro- logue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whofe favour they almost all courted , was his profeffed adverfary . He ...
... performance Dryden , who pursued him with great malignity , lived long enough to ridicule in a pro- logue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whofe favour they almost all courted , was his profeffed adverfary . 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 |
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