Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xi
... manner as may tend to the promotion of piety . ” " I got my Lives , " he writes to Mrs. Thrale , " not yet quite printed , put neatly together , and sent them to the King . What he says of them I know not . If the King is a Whig he will ...
... manner as may tend to the promotion of piety . ” " I got my Lives , " he writes to Mrs. Thrale , " not yet quite printed , put neatly together , and sent them to the King . What he says of them I know not . If the King is a Whig he will ...
Pàgina xiii
... manner of adorning them . He seized at once the leading features , and though he may have omitted a pimple or a freckle , his likeness is unmis- takeable - defined yet general , summary yet exact . The industry of Johnson was exerted ...
... manner of adorning them . He seized at once the leading features , and though he may have omitted a pimple or a freckle , his likeness is unmis- takeable - defined yet general , summary yet exact . The industry of Johnson was exerted ...
Pàgina xix
... manner of his matter than the matter itself . He had no inclination to narrate the events of Milton's career ; and tells us in the very outset of the memoir , that he would have contented him- self with an addition of a few notes to ...
... manner of his matter than the matter itself . He had no inclination to narrate the events of Milton's career ; and tells us in the very outset of the memoir , that he would have contented him- self with an addition of a few notes to ...
Pàgina xxi
... manner in which that story is told , is deservedly looked upon as one of the best biogra- phies in the English language . It is , however , unduly proportioned , when contrasted with the series of Lives into which it was somewhat ...
... manner in which that story is told , is deservedly looked upon as one of the best biogra- phies in the English language . It is , however , unduly proportioned , when contrasted with the series of Lives into which it was somewhat ...
Pàgina xxiii
... manners , and an anecdote as he told Hawkins in its nature very ridiculous . Johnson was occa- sionally himself the " good hater ” he liked --- he was not favourably dis- posed towards Lyttelton - and his early dislike coloured the ...
... manners , and an anecdote as he told Hawkins in its nature very ridiculous . Johnson was occa- sionally himself the " good hater ” he liked --- he was not favourably dis- posed towards Lyttelton - and his early dislike coloured the ...
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