Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... a 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 .
... a 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 xxi
... seems glad to escape , and to borrow a description from mild Dr. Delany . How otherwise did the filth of Swift's writings pass without Johnson's chastisement - without those reflections which the names of Stella , Varina , and Vanessa ...
... seems glad to escape , and to borrow a description from mild Dr. Delany . How otherwise did the filth of Swift's writings pass without Johnson's chastisement - without those reflections which the names of Stella , Varina , and Vanessa ...
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... seems as a dream that has left nothing be- hind . My memory grows confused , and I know not how the days pass over me . " Happily for his honour , the charm which held him captive was at length broken by no gentle or friendly hand . He ...
... seems as a dream that has left nothing be- hind . My memory grows confused , and I know not how the days pass over me . " Happily for his honour , the charm which held him captive was at length broken by no gentle or friendly hand . He ...
Pàgina lv
... seems to have been singularly unskilful and unlucky in his literary bargains . He was generally reputed the first English writer of his time . Yet several writers of his time sold their copyrights for sums such as he never ventured to ...
... seems to have been singularly unskilful and unlucky in his literary bargains . He was generally reputed the first English writer of his time . Yet several writers of his time sold their copyrights for sums such as he never ventured to ...
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... seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ... seems to be now universally neglected . ' At the beginning of the civil war , as the Prince1 passed through ...
... seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ... seems to be now universally neglected . ' At the beginning of the civil war , as the Prince1 passed through ...
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