Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... original . If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to ...
... original . If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to ...
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... original edition , to which he referred , is contained in one hundred and eighty pages . 66 6 The Life of Pope , ' for the facts it contains - facts first found in Johnson - is certainly the most important of the Lives . It is indeed a ...
... original edition , to which he referred , is contained in one hundred and eighty pages . 66 6 The Life of Pope , ' for the facts it contains - facts first found in Johnson - is certainly the most important of the Lives . It is indeed a ...
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... original MS . of his ' Life of Pope ' ( now in Mr. Dillon's possession ) fully confirms the statement of his biographer . The corrections are very few in num- ber , and yet from the proof sheets of the work quoted by Boswell ( the ...
... original MS . of his ' Life of Pope ' ( now in Mr. Dillon's possession ) fully confirms the statement of his biographer . The corrections are very few in num- ber , and yet from the proof sheets of the work quoted by Boswell ( the ...
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... of Dryden's discovered since Scott's edition , and consequently not included in any edition of Dryden's Works . From the original , then in Garrick's possession . rials than might have been accumulated by longer premedi- tation.
... of Dryden's discovered since Scott's edition , and consequently not included in any edition of Dryden's Works . From the original , then in Garrick's possession . rials than might have been accumulated by longer premedi- tation.
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... original genius , any one natural propensity of the mind to one art or science rather than another . Without engaging in a metaphysical or rather verbal dispute , I know by experience that from my early youth I aspired to the character ...
... original genius , any one natural propensity of the mind to one art or science rather than another . Without engaging in a metaphysical or rather verbal dispute , I know by experience that from my early youth I aspired to the character ...
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