Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina x
... 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 .
... 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 xxi
... tell the story of Savage in fewer words than Johnson ; and this he seems himself to have felt , for the Life as printed among the Poets differs from the first edition only in the alteration of an almost unimportant passage , and in the ...
... tell the story of Savage in fewer words than Johnson ; and this he seems himself to have felt , for the Life as printed among the Poets differs from the first edition only in the alteration of an almost unimportant passage , and in the ...
Pàgina xxxii
... tell the hour . At another , he would distinctly hear his mother , who was many miles off , calling him by his name . But this is not the worst . A deep melancholy took possession of him , and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human ...
... tell the hour . At another , he would distinctly hear his mother , who was many miles off , calling him by his name . But this is not the worst . A deep melancholy took possession of him , and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human ...
Pàgina xxxviii
... tell stories not over decent . During some months Savage lived in the closest familiarity with Johnson ; and then the friends parted , not without tears . Johnson remained in London to drudge for Cave , Savage went to the west of ...
... tell stories not over decent . During some months Savage lived in the closest familiarity with Johnson ; and then the friends parted , not without tears . Johnson remained in London to drudge for Cave , Savage went to the west of ...
Pàgina 38
... tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious inci- dent , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things and rejecting others ...
... tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious inci- dent , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things and rejecting others ...
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