Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xi
... sent communications for the memoirs of Dryden and Thomson ; Cradock lent him a copy of Euripides with Milton's MS . notes ; and through Dr. Percy he obtained the use of Clifford's remarks on Dryden , which he had long been looking for ...
... sent communications for the memoirs of Dryden and Thomson ; Cradock lent him a copy of Euripides with Milton's MS . notes ; and through Dr. Percy he obtained the use of Clifford's remarks on Dryden , which he had long been looking for ...
Pàgina xxiii
... sent to Lord Westcote about his brother's Life ; but he says he knows not whom to employ , and is sure I shall do him no injury . There is an ingenious scheme to save a day's work , or part of a day , utterly defeated . Then what avails ...
... sent to Lord Westcote about his brother's Life ; but he says he knows not whom to employ , and is sure I shall do him no injury . There is an ingenious scheme to save a day's work , or part of a day , utterly defeated . Then what avails ...
Pàgina xxx
... sent he was soon the best scholar . From sixteen to eighteen he resided at home , and was left to his own devices . He learned much at this time , though his stu- dies were without guidance and without plan . He ransacked his father's ...
... sent he was soon the best scholar . From sixteen to eighteen he resided at home , and was left to his own devices . He learned much at this time , though his stu- dies were without guidance and without plan . He ransacked his father's ...
Pàgina xliii
... sent in their names , and laid down their money ; but he soon found the task so little to his taste that he turned to more attractive employments . He contributed many papers to a new monthly journal , which was called the Literary ...
... sent in their names , and laid down their money ; but he soon found the task so little to his taste that he turned to more attractive employments . He contributed many papers to a new monthly journal , which was called the Literary ...
Pàgina lvii
... sent his own servant to watch at night by the bed . Frances Burney , whom the old man had cherished with fatherly kindness , stood weeping at the door ; while Langdon , whose piety eminently qualified him to be an adviser and comforter ...
... sent his own servant to watch at night by the bed . Frances Burney , whom the old man had cherished with fatherly kindness , stood weeping at the door ; while Langdon , whose piety eminently qualified him to be an adviser and comforter ...
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