Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... opinion , or fidelity to a party , may 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 ...
... opinion , or fidelity to a party , may 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 ...
Pàgina xx
... opinion from Mr. Croker ( whose knowledge of Pope is undoubted ) will I am sure in no way detract from the value of my judgment in this particular . When Boswell , in conversation with Burke , characterised the ' Life of Young ' as a ...
... opinion from Mr. Croker ( whose knowledge of Pope is undoubted ) will I am sure in no way detract from the value of my judgment in this particular . When Boswell , in conversation with Burke , characterised the ' Life of Young ' as a ...
Pàgina xxi
... opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such is the result at which every reader of the Life arrives . It is indeed a sketch reluctantly and hastily put together - reluctantly , because he was willing to have adopted a life by ...
... opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such is the result at which every reader of the Life arrives . It is indeed a sketch reluctantly and hastily put together - reluctantly , because he was willing to have adopted a life by ...
Pàgina xxiv
... opinion of his good sense ; for even when wrong , he is still sagacious and penetrating , and the reader never loses the presence of a clear intellect . Wherever the world has dissented from his judgments , the world is still curious to ...
... opinion of his good sense ; for even when wrong , he is still sagacious and penetrating , and the reader never loses the presence of a clear intellect . Wherever the world has dissented from his judgments , the world is still curious to ...
Pàgina xxv
... opinion they have completed them . " 999 His style attained in this way that certain roll and balance so characteristic of him . The original MS . of his ' Life of Pope ' ( now in Mr. Dillon's possession ) fully confirms the statement ...
... opinion they have completed them . " 999 His style attained in this way that certain roll and balance so characteristic of him . The original MS . of his ' Life of Pope ' ( now in Mr. Dillon's possession ) fully confirms the statement ...
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