Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina vi
... Poetry - Marries a rich Heiress - Sacharissa - His Second Marriage - Is a Member of the Long Parliament - Cromwell and Hampden - Publishes his Poems - His Plot in favour of Charles I. - His Life in danger - Escapes with a heavy Fine ...
... Poetry - Marries a rich Heiress - Sacharissa - His Second Marriage - Is a Member of the Long Parliament - Cromwell and Hampden - Publishes his Poems - His Plot in favour of Charles I. - His Life in danger - Escapes with a heavy Fine ...
Pàgina ix
... Poets . " The Edinburgh collection thus dreaded by the London trade was the first attempt to form a complete body of British poetry , and in its design the publication set on foot by an unassisted individual in Edin- burgh is preferable ...
... Poets . " The Edinburgh collection thus dreaded by the London trade was the first attempt to form a complete body of British poetry , and in its design the publication set on foot by an unassisted individual in Edin- burgh is preferable ...
Pàgina x
... Poet an advertisement , like those which we find in the French Miscellanies , containing a few dates and a general ... Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his ...
... Poet an advertisement , like those which we find in the French Miscellanies , containing a few dates and a general ... Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his ...
Pàgina xii
... poetry , nor for the poets themselves . He knew his own prejudices , hurried through his work , and brought it to a close . " Some time in March , " ( he observes in his annual review made Easter , 1781 ) " I finished the ' Lives of the ...
... poetry , nor for the poets themselves . He knew his own prejudices , hurried through his work , and brought it to a close . " Some time in March , " ( he observes in his annual review made Easter , 1781 ) " I finished the ' Lives of the ...
Pàgina xxiv
... poetry , and to foretell ( falsely enough ) that Hoole's translation of Tasso would supplant the earlier and nobler version of Fairfax . Johnson's life of Gray is a disparaging performance , the work of a superior mind anxious to cavil ...
... poetry , and to foretell ( falsely enough ) that Hoole's translation of Tasso would supplant the earlier and nobler version of Fairfax . Johnson's life of Gray is a disparaging performance , the work of a superior mind anxious to cavil ...
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