Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... told tale , and of recommending known truths by his manner of adorning them . He seized at once the leading features , and though he may have omitted a pimple or a freckle , his likeness is unmistakeable - defined yet general , summary ...
... told tale , and of recommending known truths by his manner of adorning them . He seized at once the leading features , and though he may have omitted a pimple or a freckle , his likeness is unmistakeable - defined yet general , summary ...
Pàgina xiv
... told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of con- duct are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice ...
... told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of con- duct are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice ...
Pàgina xv
... told him of Swift he has introduced into Swift's Life ; and what Lord Marchmont , Bishop Warburton , Richardson the painter , and Dobson the scholar , told him about Pope , he has given on their authority . " Miller , the great gardener ...
... told him of Swift he has introduced into Swift's Life ; and what Lord Marchmont , Bishop Warburton , Richardson the painter , and Dobson the scholar , told him about Pope , he has given on their authority . " Miller , the great gardener ...
Pàgina xviii
... told this great high - priest of all the Nine Was whipt at college - a harsh sire , odd spouse , For the first Mrs. Milton left his house . ” That Milton suffered the indignity of corporal correction at college is now , among those that ...
... told this great high - priest of all the Nine Was whipt at college - a harsh sire , odd spouse , For the first Mrs. Milton left his house . ” That Milton suffered the indignity of corporal correction at college is now , among those that ...
Pàgina xix
... told me he had not . " He was certainly , as Scott says , no friend to the fame of Swift.7 I am thus particular in referring to Johnson's ' Life of Swift , ' clouded as it is with an air of constrained indifference , free as it is from ...
... told me he had not . " He was certainly , as Scott says , no friend to the fame of Swift.7 I am thus particular in referring to Johnson's ' Life of Swift , ' clouded as it is with an air of constrained indifference , free as it is from ...
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