Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina x
... kind of body of English Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his life , and a character of his writings . Of some , however , I know but very little , and I am ...
... kind of body of English Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his life , and a character of his writings . Of some , however , I know but very little , and I am ...
Pàgina xvi
... kind of history , so con- stantly requisite in biographical writing , the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and that " longer premeditation " might have added to his materials , while in the lives of later writers he might ...
... kind of history , so con- stantly requisite in biographical writing , the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and that " longer premeditation " might have added to his materials , while in the lives of later writers he might ...
Pàgina xx
... kind word would have been a real charity to the rarest merit . With less probability , other reasons are assigned : " he seems to me , " WBUT . writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... kind word would have been a real charity to the rarest merit . With less probability , other reasons are assigned : " he seems to me , " WBUT . writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xxvi
... kind to my remains , " it was a duty to fulfil . 10 Johnson was not over - fond of dates - I have therefore silently cor- rected many of his errors , and added to the text [ in square brackets ] other dates , likely to prove of use to ...
... kind to my remains , " it was a duty to fulfil . 10 Johnson was not over - fond of dates - I have therefore silently cor- rected many of his errors , and added to the text [ in square brackets ] other dates , likely to prove of use to ...
Pàgina xxix
... kind and generous heart , with a gloomy and irritable temper . He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint , which it was be- yond the power of medicine to remove . His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch ...
... kind and generous heart , with a gloomy and irritable temper . He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint , which it was be- yond the power of medicine to remove . His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch ...
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