Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xi
... by dozens , while I am seek- ing for something to say of men about whom I know nothing but their verses , and sometimes very little of them . Now I have begun , however , I do not despair of making an end . " EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
... by dozens , while I am seek- ing for something to say of men about whom I know nothing but their verses , and sometimes very little of them . Now I have begun , however , I do not despair of making an end . " EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
Pàgina xxxi
... sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him . At a dinner- table he would , in a fit of absence , stoop down and twitch off a lady's shoe . He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculat- ing a clause of ...
... sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him . At a dinner- table he would , in a fit of absence , stoop down and twitch off a lady's shoe . He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculat- ing a clause of ...
Pàgina xxxiv
... sometimes glad to obtain , by pawning his best coat , the 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 ...
... sometimes glad to obtain , by pawning his best coat , the 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 ...
Pàgina xxxv
... sometimes he had to find arguments and eloquence both for the ministry and for the opposition . He was himself a Tory , not from rational convic- tion for his serious opinion was that one form of government was just as good or as bad as ...
... sometimes he had to find arguments and eloquence both for the ministry and for the opposition . He was himself a Tory , not from rational convic- tion for his serious opinion was that one form of government was just as good or as bad as ...
Pàgina xlix
... sometimes propounded such questions as , " What would you do , sir , if you were locked up in a tower with a baby ? " Johnson was a water drinker and Boswell was a winebibber , and indeed little bet- ter than a habitual sot . It was ...
... sometimes propounded such questions as , " What would you do , sir , if you were locked up in a tower with a baby ? " Johnson was a water drinker and Boswell was a winebibber , and indeed little bet- ter than a habitual sot . It was ...
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