The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina viii
... phrase , he enjoyed a superiority of wisdom among the wise , and of learning among the learned ; and flashed his wit upon minds bright enough to reflect it . In Each year , too , brought its ' jaunt ' viii INTRODUCTION TO.
... phrase , he enjoyed a superiority of wisdom among the wise , and of learning among the learned ; and flashed his wit upon minds bright enough to reflect it . In Each year , too , brought its ' jaunt ' viii INTRODUCTION TO.
Pàgina xi
... learned from some old catalogue , or heard from ' my father , an old bookseller , ' or from Mr. Savage , or from old Mr. Cibber , than peruse a file of the Gazette , or dig in a shapeless mass of raw material from the Public Record ...
... learned from some old catalogue , or heard from ' my father , an old bookseller , ' or from Mr. Savage , or from old Mr. Cibber , than peruse a file of the Gazette , or dig in a shapeless mass of raw material from the Public Record ...
Pàgina xxiii
... learned the cant of an author , and began to treat critics with contempt , though he had yet suffered nothing from them ; ' and this on Savage : ' He was remarkably retentive of his ideas , which , when once he was in possession of them ...
... learned the cant of an author , and began to treat critics with contempt , though he had yet suffered nothing from them ; ' and this on Savage : ' He was remarkably retentive of his ideas , which , when once he was in possession of them ...
Pàgina xxvi
... learned his prose in Johnson's school , and who , to do him justice , never showed a ' vicious partiality ' for a short word when a long one better served his turn . Of this tangle of error and nonsense who shall unravel the threads ...
... learned his prose in Johnson's school , and who , to do him justice , never showed a ' vicious partiality ' for a short word when a long one better served his turn . Of this tangle of error and nonsense who shall unravel the threads ...
Pàgina 4
... learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 ...
... learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 ...
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