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
... favour which he thought worthy " of public acknowledgment . " 22 The first Life written was that of Cowley , sent to press in December , 1777. Waller , Denham , and Butler immediately followed . " I have written a little of the Lives of ...
... favour which he thought worthy " of public acknowledgment . " 22 The first Life written was that of Cowley , sent to press in December , 1777. Waller , Denham , and Butler immediately followed . " I have written a little of the Lives of ...
Pàgina ix
... favours of a like character , for the pro- gress of his undertaking had brought him to the task of writing the lives of his contemporaries , and of some still younger than himself . He did not care for the new school of poetry , nor for ...
... favours of a like character , for the pro- gress of his undertaking had brought him to the task of writing the lives of his contemporaries , and of some still younger than himself . He did not care for the new school of poetry , nor for ...
Pàgina xxi
... favours from his friend . " In the Life of Lyttelton , ' Johnson seems to have been not favourably disposed towards that nobleman . " Such is the observation of Boswell , such was the opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such ...
... favours from his friend . " In the Life of Lyttelton , ' Johnson seems to have been not favourably disposed towards that nobleman . " Such is the observation of Boswell , such was the opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such ...
Pàgina xxx
... favour worthy of public acknowledgment.6 5 The quotations from Spence's MSS . in this edition of the Lives I have corrected by Mr. Singer's Edition of Spence , 1 vol . 8vo . , 1820 . 6 The first Advertisement , dated March 15 , 1779 ...
... favour worthy of public acknowledgment.6 5 The quotations from Spence's MSS . in this edition of the Lives I have corrected by Mr. Singer's Edition of Spence , 1 vol . 8vo . , 1820 . 6 The first Advertisement , dated March 15 , 1779 ...
Pàgina xxxii
... favour of Charles I. His Life in danger Escapes with a heavy Fine Lives in France Is allowed to return His Panegyric on Cromwell His Poem on Charles II . - His Life at the Restoration - Death and Burial at Beacons- field , in ...
... favour of Charles I. His Life in danger Escapes with a heavy Fine Lives in France Is allowed to return His Panegyric on Cromwell His Poem on Charles II . - His Life at the Restoration - Death and Burial at Beacons- field , in ...
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