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 1
... perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unfettled * , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the hiftorian of his actions might find him fome illuftrious alliance . He is fuppofed to have fallen , by his father's death , into the hands of ...
... perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unfettled * , in hope , like Don Quixote , that the hiftorian of his actions might find him fome illuftrious alliance . He is fuppofed to have fallen , by his father's death , into the hands of ...
Pàgina 3
... perhaps fcarcely feen any thing equal , was formed the grand alli- ance against Lewis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into ...
... perhaps fcarcely feen any thing equal , was formed the grand alli- ance against Lewis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into ...
Pàgina 6
... Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of thofe lords who had perfuaded the king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himfelf been minifterially employed . A great ...
... Perhaps it was about this time that he changed his party ; for he voted for the impeachment of thofe lords who had perfuaded the king to the Partition - treaty , a treaty in which he had himfelf been minifterially employed . A great ...
Pàgina 17
... perhaps Chloe , while he was abfent from his houfe , ftole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a wo- man who had been his fervant . Of this propensity to fordid converfe I have feen an account fo fe- rioufly ridiculous , that ...
... perhaps Chloe , while he was abfent from his houfe , ftole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a wo- man who had been his fervant . Of this propensity to fordid converfe I have feen an account fo fe- rioufly ridiculous , that ...
Pàgina 19
... perhaps yet older . But the merit of fuch ftories is the art of telling them . In his Amorous Effufions he is lefs happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by paffion , and have neither gallantry nor tendernefs . They have the ...
... perhaps yet older . But the merit of fuch ftories is the art of telling them . In his Amorous Effufions he is lefs happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by paffion , and have neither gallantry nor tendernefs . They have the ...
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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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