Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... , I doubt not your willingness to direct our search , and will tell the book- sellers to employ a transcriber . If you think my inspection necessary , I will come down ; for who that has once experienced the civilities X EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... , I doubt not your willingness to direct our search , and will tell the book- sellers to employ a transcriber . If you think my inspection necessary , I will come down ; for who that has once experienced the civilities X EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xi
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. down ; for who that has once experienced the civilities of Cambridge would not snatch the opportunity of another visit ? " I am , Sir , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. down ; for who that has once experienced the civilities of Cambridge would not snatch the opportunity of another visit ? " I am , Sir , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON ...
Pàgina xiii
... 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 and exhausted in his Dictionary . After ...
... 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 and exhausted in his Dictionary . After ...
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... once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not . " He was certainly , as Scott says , no friend to the fame of Swift . " I am thus particular in referring to Johnson's ' Life of Swift ...
... once took the liberty to ask him if Swift had personally offended him , and he told me he had not . " He was certainly , as Scott says , no friend to the fame of Swift . " I am thus particular in referring to Johnson's ' Life of Swift ...
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... once memory and invention , and with little intermediate use of the pen form and polish large masses by continued meditation , and write their productions only , when in their own opinion they have completed them . " " His style ...
... once memory and invention , and with little intermediate use of the pen form and polish large masses by continued meditation , and write their productions only , when in their own opinion they have completed them . " " His style ...
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