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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... elegance of female friendship . ” Mrs. Thrale rallied him , soothed him , coaxed him , and , if she sometimes provoked him by her flippancy , made ample amends by listening to his reproofs with angelic sweetness of temper . When he was ...
... elegance of female friendship . ” Mrs. Thrale rallied him , soothed him , coaxed him , and , if she sometimes provoked him by her flippancy , made ample amends by listening to his reproofs with angelic sweetness of temper . When he was ...
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... elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of ...
... elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of ...
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... elegance , of a particular provision made by nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation the marvel vanishes : He was , ” he says , “ such an enemy to all constraint , that his master never could prevail on ...
... elegance , of a particular provision made by nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation the marvel vanishes : He was , ” he says , “ such an enemy to all constraint , that his master never could prevail on ...
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... elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was ...
... elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was ...
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... elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : “ The Scotch ...
... elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : “ The Scotch ...
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