The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Parker, 1873 |
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Pàgina 1
... through his life , but the mildness of his mind perhaps ended with his childhood . His voice , when he was young , was so pleasing that he was called in fondness the " little Nightingale . " B Being not sent early to school , he was taught.
... through his life , but the mildness of his mind perhaps ended with his childhood . His voice , when he was young , was so pleasing that he was called in fondness the " little Nightingale . " B Being not sent early to school , he was taught.
Pàgina 3
... called by his father when he was about twelve years old ; and there he had for a few months the assistance of one Deane , another priest , of whom he learned only to construe a little of Tully's " Offices . " How Mr. Deane could spend ...
... called by his father when he was about twelve years old ; and there he had for a few months the assistance of one Deane , another priest , of whom he learned only to construe a little of Tully's " Offices . " How Mr. Deane could spend ...
Pàgina 11
... called wit , is truly judgment . So far Dennis is undoubtedly right ; but , not content with argument , he will have a little mirth , and triumphs over the first couplet in terms too elegant to be for- gotten . " By the way , what rare ...
... called wit , is truly judgment . So far Dennis is undoubtedly right ; but , not content with argument , he will have a little mirth , and triumphs over the first couplet in terms too elegant to be for- gotten . " By the way , what rare ...
Pàgina 12
... called 66 ' bulls . " The first edition had this line : - " What is this wit- : - Where wanted , scorn'd ; and envied where acquir'd ? " " How , " says the critic , I can wit be scorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a figure frequently ...
... called 66 ' bulls . " The first edition had this line : - " What is this wit- : - Where wanted , scorn'd ; and envied where acquir'd ? " " How , " says the critic , I can wit be scorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a figure frequently ...
Pàgina 25
... called in question his knowledge of Greek , and his qualifications for a translator of Homer . To these he made no public opposition , but in one of his letters escapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not ...
... called in question his knowledge of Greek , and his qualifications for a translator of Homer . To these he made no public opposition , but in one of his letters escapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not ...
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