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 xx
... a kind word would have been a real charity to the rarest merit . With less probability , other reasons are assigned : “ he seems to me , " writes Boswell , “ to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... a kind word would have been a real charity to the rarest merit . With less probability , other reasons are assigned : “ he seems to me , " writes Boswell , “ to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xxi
... seems glad to escape , and to borrow a description from mild Dr. Delany . How otherwise did the filth of Swift's writings pass without Johnson's chastisement - without those reflections which the names of Stella , Varina , and Vanessa ...
... seems glad to escape , and to borrow a description from mild Dr. Delany . How otherwise did the filth of Swift's writings pass without Johnson's chastisement - without those reflections which the names of Stella , Varina , and Vanessa ...
Pàgina xxii
... seems to have been not favourably disposed towards that nobleman . ” Such is the observation of Boswell , such was the opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such is the result at which every reader of the life arrives . It is ...
... seems to have been not favourably disposed towards that nobleman . ” Such is the observation of Boswell , such was the opinion of the friends of Lord Lyttelton , and such is the result at which every reader of the life arrives . It is ...
Pàgina xlvi
... seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory grows confused , and I know not how the days pass over me . ” Happily for his honour , the charm which held him captive was at length broken by no gentle or friendly hand . Не ...
... seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory grows confused , and I know not how the days pass over me . ” Happily for his honour , the charm which held him captive was at length broken by no gentle or friendly hand . Не ...
Pàgina xlvii
... seems to have occurred to him that this was a necessary preparation for the work which he had undertaken . He would doubtless have admitted that it would be the height of absurdity in a man who was not familiar with the works of ...
... seems to have occurred to him that this was a necessary preparation for the work which he had undertaken . He would doubtless have admitted that it would be the height of absurdity in a man who was not familiar with the works of ...
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