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 x
... given Spenser instead of Cowley . Yet a criticism on “ The Faerie Queene ' would hardly have supplied Johnson with points of equal value to those which in Cowley led to his admirable observations on the so - called Metaphysical Poets ...
... given Spenser instead of Cowley . Yet a criticism on “ The Faerie Queene ' would hardly have supplied Johnson with points of equal value to those which in Cowley led to his admirable observations on the so - called Metaphysical Poets ...
Pàgina xvi
... given to a widow , a daughter , a brother , or a friend . As the process of these narratives is now bringing me among my contemporaries , I begin to feel myself walking upon ashes under which the fire is not extinguished , and coming to ...
... given to a widow , a daughter , a brother , or a friend . As the process of these narratives is now bringing me among my contemporaries , I begin to feel myself walking upon ashes under which the fire is not extinguished , and coming to ...
Pàgina xvii
... given of the preaching of Burnet and Sprat . His friends in early life are frequently appealed to . From Walmsley ( most enduringly remembered in these Lives ) he derives a story about Rag Smith and Addison . Andrew Corbet of Shropshire ...
... given of the preaching of Burnet and Sprat . His friends in early life are frequently appealed to . From Walmsley ( most enduringly remembered in these Lives ) he derives a story about Rag Smith and Addison . Andrew Corbet of Shropshire ...
Pàgina xli
... given over by the physicians . Three days later she died . She left her husband almost broken - hearted .. Many people have been surprised to see a man of his genius and learning stooping to every drudgery , and denying himself almost ...
... given over by the physicians . Three days later she died . She left her husband almost broken - hearted .. Many people have been surprised to see a man of his genius and learning stooping to every drudgery , and denying himself almost ...
Pàgina 37
... given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely anything is distinctly known , but all is shown confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . Abraham Cowley was born in the year ...
... given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely anything is distinctly known , but all is shown confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . Abraham Cowley was born in the year ...
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