Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... easily supply my deficiencies . Be pleased to inform me whether among Mr. Baker's MSS . , or anywhere else at Cambridge , any materials are to be found . If any such collection can be gleaned , I doubt not your willingness to direct our ...
... easily supply my deficiencies . Be pleased to inform me whether among Mr. Baker's MSS . , or anywhere else at Cambridge , any materials are to be found . If any such collection can be gleaned , I doubt not your willingness to direct our ...
Pàgina x
... easily applied to the purposes of life . " This was said long before the Lives of the Poets ' were even thought of , and it is in this application of others ' lives to the purposes and nicer uses of our own , that the essential value of ...
... easily applied to the purposes of life . " This was said long before the Lives of the Poets ' were even thought of , and it is in this application of others ' lives to the purposes and nicer uses of our own , that the essential value of ...
Pàgina xi
... easily overpower the vigilance of a mind habitually well dis- posed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " 2 Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resources , he delighted in argument ; nor was he at ...
... easily overpower the vigilance of a mind habitually well dis- posed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " 2 Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resources , he delighted in argument ; nor was he at ...
Pàgina xiii
... easily discovered , and that " longer premeditation " might have added to his materials , while in the lives of later writers he might by attention and inquiry have gleaned many particulars which would have diversified and enlivened his ...
... easily discovered , and that " longer premeditation " might have added to his materials , while in the lives of later writers he might by attention and inquiry have gleaned many particulars which would have diversified and enlivened his ...
Pàgina xiv
... easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes haste to gratify ...
... easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes haste to gratify ...
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