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 xiv
... occasion , and to Boswell , that “ it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking , when it was seen that even the learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it . ” Indeed he was not always true to himself . When ...
... occasion , and to Boswell , that “ it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking , when it was seen that even the learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it . ” Indeed he was not always true to himself . When ...
Pàgina xxii
... occasion to believe , while reading the ' Life of Young , ' that the narration before him was a work of the author of the other Lives , or to wish , as Johnson suggests , that he had solicited and obtained more such favours from his ...
... occasion to believe , while reading the ' Life of Young , ' that the narration before him was a work of the author of the other Lives , or to wish , as Johnson suggests , that he had solicited and obtained more such favours from his ...
Pàgina xxiii
... occasion of his dislike to Lyttelton is unknown - for Mrs. Piozzi's supposition that it rose from rivalry for the heart of Miss Boothby is too absurd even for fiction . If I may be allowed a conjecture , I would suggest that Johnson's ...
... occasion of his dislike to Lyttelton is unknown - for Mrs. Piozzi's supposition that it rose from rivalry for the heart of Miss Boothby is too absurd even for fiction . If I may be allowed a conjecture , I would suggest that Johnson's ...
Pàgina xxxiii
... occasion to mention her , he exclaimed , with a tenderness half ludicrous , half pathetic , · Pretty creature ! " His marriage made it necessary for him to exert himself more strenuously than he had hitherto done . He took a house in ...
... occasion to mention her , he exclaimed , with a tenderness half ludicrous , half pathetic , · Pretty creature ! " His marriage made it necessary for him to exert himself more strenuously than he had hitherto done . He took a house in ...
Pàgina xlii
... occasion , did Johnson full justice , and something more than justice . The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem . But Johnson's Dictionary was hailed with an enthusiasm ...
... occasion , did Johnson full justice , and something more than justice . The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem . But Johnson's Dictionary was hailed with an enthusiasm ...
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