Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... wrote to Nichols to say was " impudently " called his . When persuaded to promise little Lives and little Prefaces to a London edition of our Poets , the undertaking , as then presented to his mind , Johnson tells us , seemed not very ...
... wrote to Nichols to say was " impudently " called his . When persuaded to promise little Lives and little Prefaces to a London edition of our Poets , the undertaking , as then presented to his mind , Johnson tells us , seemed not very ...
Pàgina ix
... wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . " What he has said of Addison and " Cato " is still more applicable to his own achievement . " Cato , " he says , " was at length ...
... wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . " What he has said of Addison and " Cato " is still more applicable to his own achievement . " Cato , " he says , " was at length ...
Pàgina x
... wrote , as we have seen , dilatorily and hastily , and almost without books . Deservedly held as the greatest writer of his time , he was aware of the importance of the task he had undertaken , and of what would be expected from him ...
... wrote , as we have seen , dilatorily and hastily , and almost without books . Deservedly held as the greatest writer of his time , he was aware of the importance of the task he had undertaken , and of what would be expected from him ...
Pàgina xviii
... in Johnson's Life of Swift , and research since he wrote has rather added to our information , than called in question the statements he put forth . EDITOR'S PREFACE . xix The cause of Johnson's supposed personal xviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... in Johnson's Life of Swift , and research since he wrote has rather added to our information , than called in question the statements he put forth . EDITOR'S PREFACE . xix The cause of Johnson's supposed personal xviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xx
... wrote , " he observed in after life , forty - eight of the printed octavo pages of the Life of Savage at a sitting ; but then I sat up all night . " Had he continued at this speed , he would have written the whole Life at four sittings ...
... wrote , " he observed in after life , forty - eight of the printed octavo pages of the Life of Savage at a sitting ; but then I sat up all night . " Had he continued at this speed , he would have written the whole Life at four sittings ...
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