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
... written was that of Cowley , sent to press in December , 1777. Waller , Denham , and Butler immediately followed . “ I have written a little of the Lives of the Poets , ” he says in his annual review of his life made Easter , 1778 , “ I ...
... written was that of Cowley , sent to press in December , 1777. Waller , Denham , and Butler immediately followed . “ I have written a little of the Lives of the Poets , ” he says in his annual review of his life made Easter , 1778 , “ I ...
Pàgina xii
... written by llerbert Croft , then an unknown man ambitious of literary distinction . He was willing to have obtained other favours of a like character , for the progress of his undertaking had brought him to the task of writing the lives ...
... written by llerbert Croft , then an unknown man ambitious of literary distinction . He was willing to have obtained other favours of a like character , for the progress of his undertaking had brought him to the task of writing the lives ...
Pàgina xiii
... written , Johnson's great work obtained an immediate popularity which has continued to our own time , and will ... writing that which is most eagerly read , and most easily applied to the purposes of life . ” This was said long before ...
... written , Johnson's great work obtained an immediate popularity which has continued to our own time , and will ... writing that which is most eagerly read , and most easily applied to the purposes of life . ” This was said long before ...
Pàgina xiv
... writing a life a man's peculiarities should be mentioned , because they mark his character , Johnson observed in ... written of the ' Lives , ' that of Cowley , he tells us in one place that Cowley's unfinished epic is in three books ...
... writing a life a man's peculiarities should be mentioned , because they mark his character , Johnson observed in ... written of the ' Lives , ' that of Cowley , he tells us in one place that Cowley's unfinished epic is in three books ...
Pàgina xv
... written by Varillas . Let me continue , though briefly , the enumeration . He is altogether wrong about Cowley's parentage . He makes Lord Roscommon live into King James's reign ; calls Lord Rochester's daughter his sister ; refers to ...
... written by Varillas . Let me continue , though briefly , the enumeration . He is altogether wrong about Cowley's parentage . He makes Lord Roscommon live into King James's reign ; calls Lord Rochester's daughter his sister ; refers to ...
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