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 2
... verses written , which , though nothing is faid of their fuccefs , feem to have recommended him to fome notice ; for his praife of the countefs's mufick , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reafon for imagining that ...
... verses written , which , though nothing is faid of their fuccefs , feem to have recommended him to fome notice ; for his praife of the countefs's mufick , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reafon for imagining that ...
Pàgina 5
... verses ; he confidered him as a hero , and was accustomed to fay , that he praifed others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating king William he followed his inclination . To Prior grati- tude would dictate praife ...
... verses ; he confidered him as a hero , and was accustomed to fay , that he praifed others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating king William he followed his inclination . To Prior grati- tude would dictate praife ...
Pàgina 13
... verses to her " ina gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , fo " far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht ! " the man that makes up half the volume of terfe profe , that makes up the report of the committee , " fpeaking verfes ...
... verses to her " ina gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , fo " far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht ! " the man that makes up half the volume of terfe profe , that makes up the report of the committee , " fpeaking verfes ...
Pàgina 42
... verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is an imitation of Dryden's ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been fo la- vishly flattered by Steele , has indeed fome lively . stanzas , but the expreffion might be mended ; and the ...
... verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is an imitation of Dryden's ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been fo la- vishly flattered by Steele , has indeed fome lively . stanzas , but the expreffion might be mended ; and the ...
Pàgina 158
... verses , he remarks , that he had , with regard to the correction of the proof , " a " fpell upon him ; " and indeed the anxiety with which he dwelt upon the minutest and most trifling niceties , deferved no other name than that of ...
... verses , he remarks , that he had , with regard to the correction of the proof , " a " fpell upon him ; " and indeed the anxiety with which he dwelt upon the minutest and most trifling niceties , deferved no other name than that of ...
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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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