The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina xi
... father , an old bookseller , ' or from Mr. Savage , or from old Mr. Cibber , than peruse a file of the Gazette , or dig in a shapeless mass of raw material from the Public Record Office . The chief quarrel , to be sure , of later ...
... father , an old bookseller , ' or from Mr. Savage , or from old Mr. Cibber , than peruse a file of the Gazette , or dig in a shapeless mass of raw material from the Public Record Office . The chief quarrel , to be sure , of later ...
Pàgina 1
... father was a grocer , whose con- dition Dr. Sprat conceals under the general appellation of a citizen ; and , what would probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish ...
... father was a grocer , whose con- dition Dr. Sprat conceals under the general appellation of a citizen ; and , what would probably not have been less carefully suppressed , the omission of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish ...
Pàgina 13
... father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry réXVN μμηTIKỳ , an imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated anything ; they neither ...
... father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry réXVN μμηTIKỳ , an imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated anything ; they neither ...
Pàgina 18
... father members were From whence these take their birth , which now are here . If then this body love what th ' other did , " Twere incest , which by nature is forbid . ' The love of different women is , in geographical poetry , compared ...
... father members were From whence these take their birth , which now are here . If then this body love what th ' other did , " Twere incest , which by nature is forbid . ' The love of different women is , in geographical poetry , compared ...
Pàgina 55
... father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered ' as a dreaming young man , given more ...
... father , being made one of the barons of the Exchequer in England , brought him away from his native country , and educated him in London . In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered ' as a dreaming young man , given more ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1 Samuel Johnson,John Hepburn Millar Visualització completa - 1896 |
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