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 xxxiv
... effect of the privations and sufferings which he endured at this time was discernible to the last in his temper and his deportment . His manners had never been courtly . They now became almost savage . Being frequently under the ...
... effect of the privations and sufferings which he endured at this time was discernible to the last in his temper and his deportment . His manners had never been courtly . They now became almost savage . Being frequently under the ...
Pàgina xlvii
... effect was rather increased than diminished by the rollings of his huge form , and by the asthmatic gaspings and puffings in which the peals of his eloquence generally ended . Nor did the laziness which made him unwilling to sit down to ...
... effect was rather increased than diminished by the rollings of his huge form , and by the asthmatic gaspings and puffings in which the peals of his eloquence generally ended . Nor did the laziness which made him unwilling to sit down to ...
Pàgina xlviii
... effect . Among the most constant attendants were two high - born and highbred gentlemen , closely bound together by friendship , but of widely different characters and habits : Bennet Langton , distinguished by his skill in Greek ...
... effect . Among the most constant attendants were two high - born and highbred gentlemen , closely bound together by friendship , but of widely different characters and habits : Bennet Langton , distinguished by his skill in Greek ...
Pàgina l
... effect was to add pity to admiration and esteem . Joluson soon had an apartment at the brewery in Southwark , and a still more pleasant apartment at the villa of his friends on Streatham Common . A large part of every year he passed in ...
... effect was to add pity to admiration and esteem . Joluson soon had an apartment at the brewery in Southwark , and a still more pleasant apartment at the villa of his friends on Streatham Common . A large part of every year he passed in ...
Pàgina lii
... effect of this threat was that Johnson reiterated the charge of forgery in the most contemptuous terms , and walked about , during some time , with a cudgel , which , if the imposter had pot been too wise to encounter it , would ...
... effect of this threat was that Johnson reiterated the charge of forgery in the most contemptuous terms , and walked about , during some time , with a cudgel , which , if the imposter had pot been too wise to encounter it , would ...
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