Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... whole truth . " Yet he observed on another occasion , and to Boswell , that " it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking , when it was seen that even the learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it . " Indeed he ...
... whole truth . " Yet he observed on another occasion , and to Boswell , that " it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking , when it was seen that even the learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it . " Indeed he ...
Pàgina xiii
... whole work he acknowledges that in the minute kind of history , so constantly requisite in biographical writing , the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and that " longer premeditation " might have added to his materials ...
... whole work he acknowledges that in the minute kind of history , so constantly requisite in biographical writing , the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and that " longer premeditation " might have added to his materials ...
Pàgina xiv
... whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric , and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances . • Let me EDITOR'S PREFACE . XV remember , ' says Hale , xiv EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric , and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances . • Let me EDITOR'S PREFACE . XV remember , ' says Hale , xiv EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xx
... whole Life at four sittings , for the 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 ...
... whole Life at four sittings , for the 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 ...
Pàgina xxii
... whole of his biography ; for notwithstanding his many virtues and great goodness of heart , his resentment too frequently subsided with a lasting sediment . The occasion of his dislike to Lyttelton is unknown - for Mrs. Piozzi's ...
... whole of his biography ; for notwithstanding his many virtues and great goodness of heart , his resentment too frequently subsided with a lasting sediment . The occasion of his dislike to Lyttelton is unknown - for Mrs. Piozzi's ...
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