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 viii
... opinion of his talent - Writes · The Siege of Damascus , ' a Tragedy - Death and Character 593 JOHN SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . — 1649—1720-21 . Birth and self - education - Summored to Parliament - Serves at sea against the ...
... opinion of his talent - Writes · The Siege of Damascus , ' a Tragedy - Death and Character 593 JOHN SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . — 1649—1720-21 . Birth and self - education - Summored to Parliament - Serves at sea against the ...
Pàgina xiv
... opinion , or fidelity to a party , may easily overpower the vigilance of a mind habitually well disposed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " " Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resonrces , he ...
... opinion , or fidelity to a party , may easily overpower the vigilance of a mind habitually well disposed , and prevail over unassisted and unfriended veracity . " " Dictatorial in conversation and confident in his own resonrces , he ...
Pàgina xxi
... opinion from Mr. Croker ( whose knowledge of Pope is undoubted ) will I am sure in no way detract from the value of my judgment in this particular . When Boswell , in conversation with Burke , characterised the Life of Young ' as a work ...
... opinion from Mr. Croker ( whose knowledge of Pope is undoubted ) will I am sure in no way detract from the value of my judgment in this particular . When Boswell , in conversation with Burke , characterised the Life of Young ' as a work ...
Pàgina xxii
... opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such is the result at which every reader of the life arrives . It is indeed a sketch reluctantly and hastily put together - reluctantly , because he was willing to have adopted a life by ...
... opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such is the result at which every reader of the life arrives . It is indeed a sketch reluctantly and hastily put together - reluctantly , because he was willing to have adopted a life by ...
Pàgina xxiv
... opinion of his good sense ; for even when wrong , he is still sagacious and penetrating , and the reader never loses the presence of a cleur intellect . Wherever the world has dissented from his judgments , the world 66 2 > is still ...
... opinion of his good sense ; for even when wrong , he is still sagacious and penetrating , and the reader never loses the presence of a cleur intellect . Wherever the world has dissented from his judgments , the world 66 2 > is still ...
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