The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina ix
... 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 original design , and became much more than a set of little lives and little ...
... 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 original design , and became much more than a set of little lives and little ...
Pàgina 4
... believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all ...
... believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all ...
Pàgina 6
... his biographer has been very diligent to clear him , and indeed it does not seem to have lessened his reputation . His wish for retirement we can easily believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one 6 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... his biographer has been very diligent to clear him , and indeed it does not seem to have lessened his reputation . His wish for retirement we can easily believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one 6 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 7
Samuel Johnson. believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights in ciphering and deciphering , comes to his own ...
Samuel Johnson. believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights in ciphering and deciphering , comes to his own ...
Pàgina 15
... believe , borrowed from Marini and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines ...
... believe , borrowed from Marini and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines ...
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