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
... told . Dryden had been more accustomed to hoftilities , than that fuch enemies . fhould break his quiet ; and if we can fuppofe him vexed , it would be hard to deny him fenfe enough to conceal his uneafiness . The City Mouse and Country ...
... told . Dryden had been more accustomed to hoftilities , than that fuch enemies . fhould break his quiet ; and if we can fuppofe him vexed , it would be hard to deny him fenfe enough to conceal his uneafiness . The City Mouse and Country ...
Pàgina 11
... told them , that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was abfent , but he could not remem ber which ; an answer which perplexed them , be- cause it fupplied no accufation against either . " Could any thing be more abfurd ...
... told them , that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was abfent , but he could not remem ber which ; an answer which perplexed them , be- cause it fupplied no accufation against either . " Could any thing be more abfurd ...
Pàgina 16
... told . He was however , in Pope's * opinion , fit only to make verfes , and lefs qualified for business than Addison himfelf . This was furely faid without confideration . Addifon , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation ...
... told . He was however , in Pope's * opinion , fit only to make verfes , and lefs qualified for business than Addison himfelf . This was furely faid without confideration . Addifon , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation ...
Pàgina 20
... , and his comparison of Marlborough to the Egle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaffecting ; and yet more defpicable is the long tale told by Lewis in his defpair , of Brute and Troynovante , and in 20 PRIOR .
... , and his comparison of Marlborough to the Egle that bears the thunder of Jupiter , are all puerile and unaffecting ; and yet more defpicable is the long tale told by Lewis in his defpair , of Brute and Troynovante , and in 20 PRIOR .
Pàgina 23
... told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is forefeen , and therefore the procefs is not much regarded . Yet the work is far glected . He that fhall mark many paffages to inftruction or delight ; poet may learn to write ...
... told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is forefeen , and therefore the procefs is not much regarded . Yet the work is far glected . He that fhall mark many paffages to inftruction or delight ; poet may learn to write ...
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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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