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
... published ( the first part of ) the ' Lives of the Poets , ' written , I hope , in such a 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 ...
... published ( the first part of ) the ' Lives of the Poets , ' written , I hope , in such a 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 ...
Pàgina xxxvi
... published a work which at once placed him high among the writers of his age . It is probable that what he had suffered during his first year in London , had often reminded him of some parts of that noble poem in which Juvenal had ...
... published a work which at once placed him high among the writers of his age . It is probable that what he had suffered during his first year in London , had often reminded him of some parts of that noble poem in which Juvenal had ...
Pàgina xxxix
... published the Vanity of Human Wishes , an excellent imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal . It is in truth not easy to say whether the palm belongs to the ancient or to the modern poet . The couplets in which the fall of Wolsey is ...
... published the Vanity of Human Wishes , an excellent imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal . It is in truth not easy to say whether the palm belongs to the ancient or to the modern poet . The couplets in which the fall of Wolsey is ...
Pàgina xli
... published for the Scotch and Irish markets . A large party pronounced the style perfect , so absolutely perfect that in some essays it would be impossible for the writer himself to alter a single word for the better . Another party ...
... published for the Scotch and Irish markets . A large party pronounced the style perfect , so absolutely perfect that in some essays it would be impossible for the writer himself to alter a single word for the better . Another party ...
Pàgina xlvii
... publish an edition of Sophocles . Yet he ventured to publish an edition of Shakspeare , without having ever in his life ... published only two or three political tracts , the longest of which he could have produced in forty - eight hours ...
... publish an edition of Sophocles . Yet he ventured to publish an edition of Shakspeare , without having ever in his life ... published only two or three political tracts , the longest of which he could have produced in forty - eight hours ...
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