Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... other attendant difficulties in the first written of the second series of his Lives - that of Addison : " The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be.
... other attendant difficulties in the first written of the second series of his Lives - that of Addison : " The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be.
Pàgina xv
... persons from whom he derived it . Thus we find him citing his 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 ...
... persons from whom he derived it . Thus we find him citing his 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 ...
Pàgina 13
... persons , enemies to the Muses . " The neglect of the Court was not his only mortification : having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of the ' Guardian ' for the stage , he produced it [ 8th Dec. 1661 ] ...
... persons , enemies to the Muses . " The neglect of the Court was not his only mortification : having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of the ' Guardian ' for the stage , he produced it [ 8th Dec. 1661 ] ...
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... persons of eminent quality , who came to perform this last office to one who had been the great ornament of our nation , as well by the candour of his life as the excellency of his writings . - The London Gazette , Aug. 1 to Aug. 5 ...
... persons of eminent quality , who came to perform this last office to one who had been the great ornament of our nation , as well by the candour of his life as the excellency of his writings . - The London Gazette , Aug. 1 to Aug. 5 ...
Pàgina 23
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . " Thus Donne shows his medicinal knowledge in some enco- miastic verses : " In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' t were ...
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . " Thus Donne shows his medicinal knowledge in some enco- miastic verses : " In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' t were ...
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