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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... kind of body of English Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his life , and a character of his writings . Of some , however , I know but very little , and I am ...
... kind of body of English Poetry , excluding generally the dramas ; and I have undertaken to put before each author's works a sketch of his life , and a character of his writings . Of some , however , I know but very little , and I am ...
Pàgina xvi
... kind of history , so constantly requisite in biographical writing , the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and that “ longer premeditation ” might have added to his materials , while in the lives of later writers he might by ...
... kind of history , so constantly requisite in biographical writing , the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and that “ longer premeditation ” might have added to his materials , while in the lives of later writers he might by ...
Pàgina xx
... kind word would have been a real charity to the rarest merit . With less probability , other reasons are assigned : “ he seems to me , " writes Boswell , “ to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... kind word would have been a real charity to the rarest merit . With less probability , other reasons are assigned : “ he seems to me , " writes Boswell , “ to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xxvi
... kind to my remains , " it was a duty to fulfil . Johnson was not over - fond of dates — I have therefore silently corrected many of his errors , and added to the text [ in square brackets ] other dates , likely to prove of use to the ...
... kind to my remains , " it was a duty to fulfil . Johnson was not over - fond of dates — I have therefore silently corrected many of his errors , and added to the text [ in square brackets ] other dates , likely to prove of use to the ...
Pàgina xxix
... kind and generous heart , with a gloomy and irritable temper . He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint , which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove . His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch ...
... kind and generous heart , with a gloomy and irritable temper . He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint , which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove . His parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch ...
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