Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... reason was probably simple . The best of men are beset with prejudices , and Jolmson had at least his full share ... reasons are assigned : " he seemed to me , " writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift ; for I ...
... reason was probably simple . The best of men are beset with prejudices , and Jolmson had at least his full share ... reasons are assigned : " he seemed to me , " writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift ; for I ...
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... reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I have written too much . " In this payment the Life of Savage ' is not included : this was an early work , for which he received fifteen guineas . 6 In ...
... reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I have written too much . " In this payment the Life of Savage ' is not included : this was an early work , for which he received fifteen guineas . 6 In ...
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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the 2 1 In 1668 in Latin , before a collection of Cowley's Latin Poems , afterwards in English , and enlarged before his English Works , 1669 , folio . It ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the 2 1 In 1668 in Latin , before a collection of Cowley's Latin Poems , afterwards in English , and enlarged before his English Works , 1669 , folio . It ...
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... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself secure ...
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself secure ...
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... reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
... reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
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