The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina ix
... afterwards added two further sums of one hundred guineas each ( ' he had , I believe , ' says Boswell , less attention to profit from his labours than any man to whom literature has been a profes- sion ' ) ; that the work outgrew the ...
... afterwards added two further sums of one hundred guineas each ( ' he had , I believe , ' says Boswell , less attention to profit from his labours than any man to whom literature has been a profes- sion ' ) ; that the work outgrew the ...
Pàgina xxiii
... afterwards ridiculed in the character of a distressed poet , he very easily discovered that distress was not a proper subject for merriment , or topic of invective . He was then able to discern that , if misery be the effect of virtue ...
... afterwards ridiculed in the character of a distressed poet , he very easily discovered that distress was not a proper subject for merriment , or topic of invective . He was then able to discern that , if misery be the effect of virtue ...
Pàgina 4
... afterwards Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in ciphering and deciphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest ...
... afterwards Earl of St. Alban's , and was employed in such correspondence as the royal cause required , and particularly in ciphering and deciphering the letters that passed between the King and Queen ; an employ- ment of the highest ...
Pàgina 5
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than ...
... afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than ...
Pàgina 6
... afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of course into other hands ; ' and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , ' under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take ...
... afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of course into other hands ; ' and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , ' under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take ...
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