Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson, Volum 1Derby & Jackson, 1861 - 635 pàgines |
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... King . What he says of them I know not . If the King is a Whig he will not like them ; but is any King a Whig ? " Other and ampler notices of the second and last portion occur in his letters to Mrs. Thrale . “ I have not quite neglected ...
... King . What he says of them I know not . If the King is a Whig he will not like them ; but is any King a Whig ? " Other and ampler notices of the second and last portion occur in his letters to Mrs. Thrale . “ I have not quite neglected ...
Pàgina xv
... King Arthur ' what is true of Albion and Albanius ; mistakes the origin of ' Mac Flecknoe , ' and the date of its appearance ; informs his readers that King James and not King Charles made Dryden historiographer ; assigns Dryden's ...
... King Arthur ' what is true of Albion and Albanius ; mistakes the origin of ' Mac Flecknoe , ' and the date of its appearance ; informs his readers that King James and not King Charles made Dryden historiographer ; assigns Dryden's ...
Pàgina xlvii
... King with an interview , in which his Majesty most graciously expressed a hope that so excellent a writer would not cease to write . In the interval , however , between 1765 and 1775 , Johnson published only two or three political ...
... King with an interview , in which his Majesty most graciously expressed a hope that so excellent a writer would not cease to write . In the interval , however , between 1765 and 1775 , Johnson published only two or three political ...
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... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the Parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
... King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was surrendered to the Parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he became secretary to the ...
Pàgina 42
... King is persuaded of it , and all mankind , but two or three mighty tender consciences about him . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told me something to that purpose . " This ...
... King is persuaded of it , and all mankind , but two or three mighty tender consciences about him . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told me something to that purpose . " This ...
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