The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1801 |
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Pàgina 2
... poetical diftinction , or to have la- vifhed his early wit either on fictitious fubjects or public occafions . He probably confidered , that he , who propofed to be an author , ought first to be a ftudent . He obtained , whatever was ...
... poetical diftinction , or to have la- vifhed his early wit either on fictitious fubjects or public occafions . He probably confidered , that he , who propofed to be an author , ought first to be a ftudent . He obtained , whatever was ...
Pàgina 5
... poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he publifhed the Rival Ladies , which he dedicated to the Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and as a statesman In this play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he ...
... poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he publifhed the Rival Ladies , which he dedicated to the Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and as a statesman In this play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he ...
Pàgina 21
... poetical defcription of the ship " called the London : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquifht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean fwim , " And on her fhadow rides in floating gold ...
... poetical defcription of the ship " called the London : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquifht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean fwim , " And on her fhadow rides in floating gold ...
Pàgina 36
... poetical meteor at the higheft ; the next moment began its fall . Rochefter withdrew his patronage ; feeming re- folved , fays one of his biographers , to have a judgement contrary to that of the town ; " per- haps being unable to ...
... poetical meteor at the higheft ; the next moment began its fall . Rochefter withdrew his patronage ; feeming re- folved , fays one of his biographers , to have a judgement contrary to that of the town ; " per- haps being unable to ...
Pàgina 39
... poetical tranfactions . The fame year he published the Medal , of which the fubject is a medal ftruck on Lord Shaftesbury's efcape from a profecution , by the ignoramus of a grand jury of Londoners . In both poems he maintains the fame ...
... poetical tranfactions . The fame year he published the Medal , of which the fubject is a medal ftruck on Lord Shaftesbury's efcape from a profecution , by the ignoramus of a grand jury of Londoners . In both poems he maintains the fame ...
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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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