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 xi
... manner as may tend to the promotion of piety . ” .. “ I got my Lives , " he writes to Mrs. Thrale , “ not yet quite printed , put neatly together , and sent them to the King . What he says of them I know not . If the King is a Whig he ...
... manner as may tend to the promotion of piety . ” .. “ I got my Lives , " he writes to Mrs. Thrale , “ not yet quite printed , put neatly together , and sent them to the King . What he says of them I know not . If the King is a Whig he ...
Pàgina xiii
... manner of adorning them . He seized at once the leading features , and though he may have omitted a pimple or a freckle , his likeness is uninistakeable - defined yet general , summary yet exact . The industry of Johnson was exerted and ...
... manner of adorning them . He seized at once the leading features , and though he may have omitted a pimple or a freckle , his likeness is uninistakeable - defined yet general , summary yet exact . The industry of Johnson was exerted and ...
Pàgina xiv
... manner of obtaining victory . He remembered an early observation of his “ Censure is willingly indulged , because it always implies some superiority . " The same seeking for superiority is to be found in the ' Lives of the Poets ...
... manner of obtaining victory . He remembered an early observation of his “ Censure is willingly indulged , because it always implies some superiority . " The same seeking for superiority is to be found in the ' Lives of the Poets ...
Pàgina xix
... manner of his matter than the matter itself . He had no inclination to narrate the events of Milton's career ; and tells us in the very outset of the memoir , that he would bave contented him . self with an addition of a few notes to ...
... manner of his matter than the matter itself . He had no inclination to narrate the events of Milton's career ; and tells us in the very outset of the memoir , that he would bave contented him . self with an addition of a few notes to ...
Pàgina xxi
... manner in which that story is told , is deservedly looked upon as one of the best biographies in the English language . It is , however , unduly proportioned , when contrasted with the series of Lives into which it was somewhat ...
... manner in which that story is told , is deservedly looked upon as one of the best biographies in the English language . It is , however , unduly proportioned , when contrasted with the series of Lives into which it was somewhat ...
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