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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Pàgina xxii
... believe , while reading the ' Life of Young , ' that the narration before him was a work of the author of the other Lives , or to wish , as Johnson suggests , that he had solicited and obtained more such favours from his friend . “ In ...
... believe , while reading the ' Life of Young , ' that the narration before him was a work of the author of the other Lives , or to wish , as Johnson suggests , that he had solicited and obtained more such favours from his friend . “ In ...
Pàgina xxvi
... believe , treated the book as a friend to whom I had many obligations , and whose injunction , “ be kind to my remains , " it was a duty to fulfil . Johnson was not over - fond of dates — I have therefore silently corrected many of his ...
... believe , treated the book as a friend to whom I had many obligations , and whose injunction , “ be kind to my remains , " it was a duty to fulfil . Johnson was not over - fond of dates — I have therefore silently corrected many of his ...
Pàgina xxix
... believe that the royal touch was a specific for this malady . In his third year he was taken up to London , inspected by the court surgeou , prayed over by the court chaplains , and stroked and presented with a piece of gold by Queen ...
... believe that the royal touch was a specific for this malady . In his third year he was taken up to London , inspected by the court surgeou , prayed over by the court chaplains , and stroked and presented with a piece of gold by Queen ...
Pàgina 41
... believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all ...
... believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all ...
Pàgina 44
... believe to be undissembled : a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights in ciphering and deciphering , comes to his own country and steps ...
... believe to be undissembled : a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights in ciphering and deciphering , comes to his own country and steps ...
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