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 xvi
... less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute ...
... less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute ...
Pàgina xix
... less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a ' Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information about him from Cibber , whose means of information ...
... less than half a century of his own birth . One of the dreams of his youth had been a ' Life of Dryden , ' and we casually learn that ( with this very view ) he sought for information about him from Cibber , whose means of information ...
Pàgina xx
... less divine : An independent being in his dayLearn'd , pious , temperate in love and wine : But his life falling into Johnson's way , We're told this great high - priest of all the Nine Was whipt at college - a harsh sire , odd spouse ...
... less divine : An independent being in his dayLearn'd , pious , temperate in love and wine : But his life falling into Johnson's way , We're told this great high - priest of all the Nine Was whipt at college - a harsh sire , odd spouse ...
Pàgina xxxi
... less strange than his have often been thought grounds sufficient for absolving felons , and for setting aside wills . His grimaces , his gestures , bis mutterings , sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him ...
... less strange than his have often been thought grounds sufficient for absolving felons , and for setting aside wills . His grimaces , his gestures , bis mutterings , sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him ...
Pàgina xxxiii
... less gainful calling than at the time when Johnson took up his residence in London . In the preceding generation a writer of eminent merit was sure to be munificently rewarded by the government . The least that he could expect was a ...
... less gainful calling than at the time when Johnson took up his residence in London . In the preceding generation a writer of eminent merit was sure to be munificently rewarded by the government . The least that he could expect was a ...
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