Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... thought worthy " of public acknowledgment . " 22 The first Life written was that of Cowley , sent to press in December , 1777. Waller , Denham , and Butler immediately followed . " I have written a little of the Lives of the Poets ...
... thought worthy " of public acknowledgment . " 22 The first Life written was that of Cowley , sent to press in December , 1777. Waller , Denham , and Butler immediately followed . " I have written a little of the Lives of the Poets ...
Pàgina viii
... thought to have finished Rowe's life to - day , " he writes , April 15 , 1780 , " but I have had five or six visitors who hindered me , and I have not been quite well : next week I hope to despatch four or five of them . " " My Lives ...
... thought to have finished Rowe's life to - day , " he writes , April 15 , 1780 , " but I have had five or six visitors who hindered me , and I have not been quite well : next week I hope to despatch four or five of them . " " My Lives ...
Pàgina ix
... their eyes , one of the most exalted patterns of virtue , liberality , and benevolence . Great displeasure was expressed with equal justice at his account of Thomson , while his censure of Aken- 66 side was thought by many what it really ...
... their eyes , one of the most exalted patterns of virtue , liberality , and benevolence . Great displeasure was expressed with equal justice at his account of Thomson , while his censure of Aken- 66 side was thought by many what it really ...
Pàgina x
... thought of , and it is in this application of others ' lives to the purposes and nicer uses of our own , that the essential value of Johnson's work may be said to consist . The secret of Johnson's excellence will be found in the ...
... thought of , and it is in this application of others ' lives to the purposes and nicer uses of our own , that the essential value of Johnson's work may be said to consist . The secret of Johnson's excellence will be found in the ...
Pàgina xvi
... thought or care . A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods , which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters . " " He has been accused of giving too much importance to the attacks of Tom Brown and the criticisms of ...
... thought or care . A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods , which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters . " " He has been accused of giving too much importance to the attacks of Tom Brown and the criticisms of ...
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