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 xix
... died within less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a ' Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information about him from Cibber , whose means of ...
... died within less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a ' Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information about him from Cibber , whose means of ...
Pàgina xxvii
... died , he made his way on foot to Edinburgh , foreseeing a better outlet for his genius than his native place was likely to afford . With the characteristic prudence of his countrymen he carried money with liim . His hunger and his ...
... died , he made his way on foot to Edinburgh , foreseeing a better outlet for his genius than his native place was likely to afford . With the characteristic prudence of his countrymen he carried money with liim . His hunger and his ...
Pàgina xxxi
... died . The old man left but a pittance ; and of that pittance almost the whole was appropriated to the support of his widow . The property to which Samuel succeeded amounted to no more than twenty pounds . His life , during the thirty ...
... died . The old man left but a pittance ; and of that pittance almost the whole was appropriated to the support of his widow . The property to which Samuel succeeded amounted to no more than twenty pounds . His life , during the thirty ...
Pàgina xxxiii
... died in her sixty - fourth year . On her monument he placed an inscription , extolling the charms of her person and of her manners ; and when , long after her decease , he had occasion to mention her , he exclaimed , with a tenderness ...
... died in her sixty - fourth year . On her monument he placed an inscription , extolling the charms of her person and of her manners ; and when , long after her decease , he had occasion to mention her , he exclaimed , with a tenderness ...
Pàgina xxxviii
... died penniless and heart - broken , in Bristol jail . Soon after his death , while the public curiosity was strongly excited about his extraordinary character , and his not less extraordinary adventures , a life of him appeared widely ...
... died penniless and heart - broken , in Bristol jail . Soon after his death , while the public curiosity was strongly excited about his extraordinary character , and his not less extraordinary adventures , a life of him appeared widely ...
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