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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... Prior in ' The Country Mouse and City Mouse - Introduced to William III .-- His several Offices - Made Chancellor of the Exchequer and Earl of 495 Halifax - His Patronage of Poets -- Burial in Westminster Abbey . THOMAS PARNELL . - 1679 ...
... Prior in ' The Country Mouse and City Mouse - Introduced to William III .-- His several Offices - Made Chancellor of the Exchequer and Earl of 495 Halifax - His Patronage of Poets -- Burial in Westminster Abbey . THOMAS PARNELL . - 1679 ...
Pàgina viii
... PRIOR . - 1664-1721 . Born at Wimborne , in Dorsetshire - Educated at Westminster and Cambridge - Patronised by the Earl of Dorset - Joins Montague in a Satire on ' The Hind and Panther ' -Made Secretary to the English Embassy at the ...
... PRIOR . - 1664-1721 . Born at Wimborne , in Dorsetshire - Educated at Westminster and Cambridge - Patronised by the Earl of Dorset - Joins Montague in a Satire on ' The Hind and Panther ' -Made Secretary to the English Embassy at the ...
Pàgina xi
... Prior is not short , and that is done too . I am upon Rowe , which cannot fill Seward called on me to - day and read Spence . ” Five days later he continues to report the progress he has made . 6. You are at all places of high resort ...
... Prior is not short , and that is done too . I am upon Rowe , which cannot fill Seward called on me to - day and read Spence . ” Five days later he continues to report the progress he has made . 6. You are at all places of high resort ...
Pàgina xii
... Prior , Rowe , Granville , Sheffield , Collins , Pitt , and almost Fenton . ” Congreve was his next Life , and was soon written . “ Congreve , whom I despatched at the Borough while I was attending the election , is one of the best of ...
... Prior , Rowe , Granville , Sheffield , Collins , Pitt , and almost Fenton . ” Congreve was his next Life , and was soon written . “ Congreve , whom I despatched at the Borough while I was attending the election , is one of the best of ...
Pàgina xiii
... Prior was condemned as severe and unjust . " Notwithstanding these and other complaints of the spirit in which the • Lives ' were written , Johnson's great work obtained an immediate popularity which has continued to our own time , and ...
... Prior was condemned as severe and unjust . " Notwithstanding these and other complaints of the spirit in which the • Lives ' were written , Johnson's great work obtained an immediate popularity which has continued to our own time , and ...
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