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 xxxix
... Nature had made them of very different clay ; and circumstances had fully brought out the natural peculiarities of both . Sudden prosperity had turned Garrick's head . Continued adversity had soured Johnpagan model . son's temper ...
... Nature had made them of very different clay ; and circumstances had fully brought out the natural peculiarities of both . Sudden prosperity had turned Garrick's head . Continued adversity had soured Johnpagan model . son's temper ...
Pàgina xliii
... Nature and Origin of Evil . In the spring of 1758 Johnson put forth the first of a series of essays , entitled The Idler . During two years these essays continued to appear weekly . They were eagerly read , widely circulated , and ...
... Nature and Origin of Evil . In the spring of 1758 Johnson put forth the first of a series of essays , entitled The Idler . During two years these essays continued to appear weekly . They were eagerly read , widely circulated , and ...
Pàgina xlvi
... nature . The best specimen is the note on the character of Polonius . Nothing so good is to be found even in Wilhelm Meister's admirable examination of Hamlet . But here praise must end . It would be difficult to name a more slovenly ...
... nature . The best specimen is the note on the character of Polonius . Nothing so good is to be found even in Wilhelm Meister's admirable examination of Hamlet . But here praise must end . It would be difficult to name a more slovenly ...
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... natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat ... nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation the marvel vanishes : He was , ” he says ...
... natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat ... nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation the marvel vanishes : He was , ” he says ...
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... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets , ** of whom ...
... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets , ** of whom ...
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