Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xv
... father , an old bookseller , in illustration of the sale of Absalom and Achitophel , ' and the characteristic story he has given of the preaching of Burnet and Sprat . His friends in early life are frequently ap- pealed to . From ...
... father , an old bookseller , in illustration of the sale of Absalom and Achitophel , ' and the characteristic story he has given of the preaching of Burnet and Sprat . His friends in early life are frequently ap- pealed to . From ...
Pàgina xxvi
... father was a common stone - mason in the town in which Robert Burns died , he made his way on foot to 10 Let me give two instances in an extract from one of Cowley's letters . " All people upon the place incline to that of union ; " so ...
... father was a common stone - mason in the town in which Robert Burns died , he made his way on foot to 10 Let me give two instances in an extract from one of Cowley's letters . " All people upon the place incline to that of union ; " so ...
Pàgina xxvii
... father learned much , and I have learned something . The reader who delights in biography and has any liking for the notes that follow will excuse this anecdote . To my father's cheap but highly - prized acquisition the public is mainly ...
... father learned much , and I have learned something . The reader who delights in biography and has any liking for the notes that follow will excuse this anecdote . To my father's cheap but highly - prized acquisition the public is mainly ...
Pàgina xxxii
... Father's Death Returns to England at the Restoration His love of Play Endeavours to refine the English Language Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey · 199 Purity and Excellence of his Writings . ― - THOMAS OTWAY . - 1651-1685 . - Fails ...
... Father's Death Returns to England at the Restoration His love of Play Endeavours to refine the English Language Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey · 199 Purity and Excellence of his Writings . ― - THOMAS OTWAY . - 1651-1685 . - Fails ...
Pàgina 3
... father was a grocer , whose condition Dr. Sprat conceals under the general appellation of a citizen ; and , what would probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish ...
... father was a grocer , whose condition Dr. Sprat conceals under the general appellation of a citizen ; and , what would probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish ...
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