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 xv
... never obtained ; ascribes to Walsh what was written by Chetwood ; asserts that Addison never printed his poem to Sacheverell , whereas it is to be seen with his other earliest printed productions in so common a book as Tonson's ...
... never obtained ; ascribes to Walsh what was written by Chetwood ; asserts that Addison never printed his poem to Sacheverell , whereas it is to be seen with his other earliest printed productions in so common a book as Tonson's ...
Pàgina xxv
... never be read without instruction and delight . ” It has been often said , but by no writer more strongly than by Ben Jonson , to whom his great namesake bore so many resemblances , that to judge of poets is not the faculty of all poets ...
... never be read without instruction and delight . ” It has been often said , but by no writer more strongly than by Ben Jonson , to whom his great namesake bore so many resemblances , that to judge of poets is not the faculty of all poets ...
Pàgina xxx
... never possessed . But he was early familiar with some classical writers , who were quite unknown to the best scholars in the sixth form at Eaton . lIe was peculiarly attracted by the works of the great restorers of learning . Once ...
... never possessed . But he was early familiar with some classical writers , who were quite unknown to the best scholars in the sixth form at Eaton . lIe was peculiarly attracted by the works of the great restorers of learning . Once ...
Pàgina xxxiii
... never been in the same room with a woman of real fashion , his Titty , as he called her , was the most beautiful , and accomplished of her sex . That his admiration was unfeigned cannot be doubted ; for she was as poor as himself . She ...
... never been in the same room with a woman of real fashion , his Titty , as he called her , was the most beautiful , and accomplished of her sex . That his admiration was unfeigned cannot be doubted ; for she was as poor as himself . She ...
Pàgina xxxiv
... never forgot the generosity with which Hervey , who was now residing in London , relieved his wants during this time of trial . “ Harry Hervey , ” said the old philosopher many years later , was a vicious man ; but he was very kind to ...
... never forgot the generosity with which Hervey , who was now residing in London , relieved his wants during this time of trial . “ Harry Hervey , ” said the old philosopher many years later , was a vicious man ; but he was very kind to ...
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