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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... Genius - Educated at Westminster and Cambridge - His learned Pueril . ities — His ' Mistress ' -His compliance with the Times — His Latin Poetry - His ' Davideis ' -- His Love of Solitude - Beath and Burial in Westminster Abbey — The ...
... Genius - Educated at Westminster and Cambridge - His learned Pueril . ities — His ' Mistress ' -His compliance with the Times — His Latin Poetry - His ' Davideis ' -- His Love of Solitude - Beath and Burial in Westminster Abbey — The ...
Pàgina xiv
... genius of Parnell could be debased by it . ” Indeed he was not always true to himself . When asked if it was not wrong in Orrery to expose the defects of a man with whom he had lived in intimacy , he replied , “ Why , no , Sir , after ...
... genius of Parnell could be debased by it . ” Indeed he was not always true to himself . When asked if it was not wrong in Orrery to expose the defects of a man with whom he had lived in intimacy , he replied , “ Why , no , Sir , after ...
Pàgina xxvii
... 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 thirst were both for books . When his labours of the day were over ( he wrought in ...
... 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 thirst were both for books . When his labours of the day were over ( he wrought in ...
Pàgina xxxvi
... Genius still continued to weep . Hampden desérved no more honourable name than that of “ the zealot of rebellion . ” Even the ship - money , condemned not less decidedly by Falkland and Clarendon than by the bitterest Roundheads ...
... Genius still continued to weep . Hampden desérved no more honourable name than that of “ the zealot of rebellion . ” Even the ship - money , condemned not less decidedly by Falkland and Clarendon than by the bitterest Roundheads ...
Pàgina xxxvii
... genius was welcomed . He made inquiries about the author of London . Such a man , he said , could not long be concealed . The name was soon discovered ; and Pope , with great kindness , exerted himself to obtain an academical degree and ...
... genius was welcomed . He made inquiries about the author of London . Such a man , he said , could not long be concealed . The name was soon discovered ; and Pope , with great kindness , exerted himself to obtain an academical degree and ...
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