Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... less generally because the reputation of that poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , artful and studied as they called it , thrown upon the character of a noble- man who , with all ...
... less generally because the reputation of that poet was but then upon the rise . The friends of Lord Lyttelton were annoyed at the contempt , artful and studied as they called it , thrown upon the character of a noble- man who , with all ...
Pàgina xiv
... less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute ...
... less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute ...
Pàgina xvii
... less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information about him from Cibber , whose means of information had ...
... less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information about him from Cibber , whose means of information had ...
Pàgina xviii
... less divine : An independent being in his day- Learn'd , pious , temperate in love and wine : But his life falling into Johnson's way , We're told this great high - priest of all the Nine Was whipt at college - a harsh sire , odd spouse ...
... less divine : An independent being in his day- Learn'd , pious , temperate in love and wine : But his life falling into Johnson's way , We're told this great high - priest of all the Nine Was whipt at college - a harsh sire , odd spouse ...
Pàgina xix
... less probability , other reasons are assigned : " he seemed to me , " writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift ; for I once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he ...
... less probability , other reasons are assigned : " he seemed to me , " writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift ; for I once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he ...
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