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 ix
... considered poets were adınitted by the courtesy of criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the booksellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were ...
... considered poets were adınitted by the courtesy of criticism into both editions , the right of selection resting , in both instances oddly enough , with the booksellers , in whose judgment , as men of trade , the Poet whose works were ...
Pàgina xix
... considered the Life of Cowley as the best of the series ; on account , says Boswell , of the dissertation it contains of the Metaphysical Poets , and the careful discrimination to be found in it of the characteristics of Wit . Yet few ...
... considered the Life of Cowley as the best of the series ; on account , says Boswell , of the dissertation it contains of the Metaphysical Poets , and the careful discrimination to be found in it of the characteristics of Wit . Yet few ...
Pàgina xxxiv
... considered as a handsome fortune , and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state . But this was a solitary exception . Even an author whose reputation was established , and whose works were popular , such an ...
... considered as a handsome fortune , and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state . But this was a solitary exception . Even an author whose reputation was established , and whose works were popular , such an ...
Pàgina li
... considered , by most Englishmen , as a dreary and perilous wilderness . After wandering about two months through the Celtic region , sometimes in rude boats which did not protect him from the rain , and sometimes on small shaggy ponies ...
... considered , by most Englishmen , as a dreary and perilous wilderness . After wandering about two months through the Celtic region , sometimes in rude boats which did not protect him from the rain , and sometimes on small shaggy ponies ...
Pàgina 40
... considered as injurious to his reputation ; though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now Master of Arts , he was , by the prevalence of the ...
... considered as injurious to his reputation ; though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now Master of Arts , he was , by the prevalence of the ...
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