The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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Pàgina 18
... kind of gibblet porridge , made " of the gibblets of a couple of young geefe , ftodged full of meteors , orbs , fpheres , track , " hideous draughts , dark characters , white forms , and radiant lights , defigned not only " to please ...
... kind of gibblet porridge , made " of the gibblets of a couple of young geefe , ftodged full of meteors , orbs , fpheres , track , " hideous draughts , dark characters , white forms , and radiant lights , defigned not only " to please ...
Pàgina 26
... kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all reftraints ; he ranges the world at will , and governs wherever he ap- pears . He fights without enquiring the cause , and loves in fpite of the obligations . of ...
... kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all reftraints ; he ranges the world at will , and governs wherever he ap- pears . He fights without enquiring the cause , and loves in fpite of the obligations . of ...
Pàgina 44
... kind Keeper , is a co- medy , which , after the third night , was prohibited as too indecent for the stage . What gave offence , was in the printing , as the author fays , altered or omitted . Dry- den confeffes that its indecency was ...
... kind Keeper , is a co- medy , which , after the third night , was prohibited as too indecent for the stage . What gave offence , was in the printing , as the author fays , altered or omitted . Dry- den confeffes that its indecency was ...
Pàgina 48
... kind of learning then almoft new in the English language , and which he , who had confidered with great accuracy the principles of writing , was able to distribute copiously as occafions arofe . By these dif- fertations the publick ...
... kind of learning then almoft new in the English language , and which he , who had confidered with great accuracy the principles of writing , was able to distribute copiously as occafions arofe . By these dif- fertations the publick ...
Pàgina 64
... kind , that it will be but " fuitable to fee the author of the worst poem become likewife the tranflator of- " the worst history that the age has pro- " duced . If his grace and his wit im- 66 66 prove both proportionably , he will hard ...
... kind , that it will be but " fuitable to fee the author of the worst poem become likewife the tranflator of- " the worst history that the age has pro- " duced . If his grace and his wit im- 66 66 prove both proportionably , he will hard ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1801 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1857 |
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