Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina vi
... ladies now at land ' - Created Earl of Middlesex - Succeeds his Father as Earl of Dorset - Sides with the Prince of Orange against James II . - Twice Mar- ried - His Patronage of Poets - Death at Bath , and Burial at Wythiam GEORGE ...
... ladies now at land ' - Created Earl of Middlesex - Succeeds his Father as Earl of Dorset - Sides with the Prince of Orange against James II . - Twice Mar- ried - His Patronage of Poets - Death at Bath , and Burial at Wythiam GEORGE ...
Pàgina xxix
... lady in a diamond stomacher and a long black hood . Her hand was applied in vain . The boy's fea- tures , which were originally noble and not irregular , were distorted by his malady . His cheeks were deeply scarred . He lost for a time ...
... lady in a diamond stomacher and a long black hood . Her hand was applied in vain . The boy's fea- tures , which were originally noble and not irregular , were distorted by his malady . His cheeks were deeply scarred . He lost for a time ...
Pàgina xxxi
... lady's shoe . He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculat- ing a clause of the Lord's Prayer . He would conceive an unintel- ligible aversion to a particular alley , and perform a great circuit rather than see the hateful place ...
... lady's shoe . He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculat- ing a clause of the Lord's Prayer . He would conceive an unintel- ligible aversion to a particular alley , and perform a great circuit rather than see the hateful place ...
Pàgina xxxii
... fell in love . The object of his passion was Mrs. Elizabeth Porter , a widow who had children as old as himself . To ordinary spectators , the lady appeared to be a short , fat , coarse woman xxxii LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
... fell in love . The object of his passion was Mrs. Elizabeth Porter , a widow who had children as old as himself . To ordinary spectators , the lady appeared to be a short , fat , coarse woman xxxii LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
Pàgina xxxiii
... lady died in her sixty - fourth year . On her monument he placed an inscription , extolling the charms of her person and of her man- ners ; and when , long after her decease , he had occasion to mention her , he exclaimed , with a ...
... lady died in her sixty - fourth year . On her monument he placed an inscription , extolling the charms of her person and of her man- ners ; and when , long after her decease , he had occasion to mention her , he exclaimed , with a ...
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