Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xv
... incorrect respecting the dates of death of Dryden , Garth , Par- nell , and Collins . Boswell complains that Johnson was by no means attentive to minute accuracy , and omitted when reprinting his Lives to correct EDITOR'S PREFACE . XV.
... incorrect respecting the dates of death of Dryden , Garth , Par- nell , and Collins . Boswell complains that Johnson was by no means attentive to minute accuracy , and omitted when reprinting his Lives to correct EDITOR'S PREFACE . XV.
Pàgina xix
... means of information had indeed been great . His first poem ( ' London ' ) was admired by Pope , who dragged it out from a mass of anonymous poems by the dunces of the day , and foresaw ( if I may use his own expression ) the greatness ...
... means of information had indeed been great . His first poem ( ' London ' ) was admired by Pope , who dragged it out from a mass of anonymous poems by the dunces of the day , and foresaw ( if I may use his own expression ) the greatness ...
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... of union ; " so says Johnson : but Cowley wrote opinion . " Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose ; " so says Johnson ; but Cowley wrote told me some thing . Ju the mean time I may be permitted to relate xxvi EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... of union ; " so says Johnson : but Cowley wrote opinion . " Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose ; " so says Johnson ; but Cowley wrote told me some thing . Ju the mean time I may be permitted to relate xxvi EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xxvii
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Ju the mean time I may be permitted to relate an anecdote connected with literature and with this book . When my father was a com- mon stone - mason in the town in which Robert ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Ju the mean time I may be permitted to relate an anecdote connected with literature and with this book . When my father was a com- mon stone - mason in the town in which Robert ...
Pàgina xxxiv
... means of dining on tripe at a cook - shop underground , where he could wipe his hands , after his greasy meal , on the back of a New- foundland dog . It is easy , therefore , to imagine what humiliations and privations must have awaited ...
... means of dining on tripe at a cook - shop underground , where he could wipe his hands , after his greasy meal , on the back of a New- foundland dog . It is easy , therefore , to imagine what humiliations and privations must have awaited ...
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