The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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... gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
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... gives the enemy nothing which he had not before ; the neutrality of a captive may be always secured by his imprisonment or death . He that is at the disposal of another may not promise to aid him in any injurious act , because no power ...
... gives the enemy nothing which he had not before ; the neutrality of a captive may be always secured by his imprisonment or death . He that is at the disposal of another may not promise to aid him in any injurious act , because no power ...
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... give some account . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily 1 Now in the possession of Mr. Clarke , Alderman of London . 1618 d . 1662 ( 49 ) COWLEY 13 ...
... give some account . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily 1 Now in the possession of Mr. Clarke , Alderman of London . 1618 d . 1662 ( 49 ) COWLEY 13 ...
Pàgina 15
... give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness of sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marini and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very ...
... give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness of sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marini and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very ...
Pàgina 16
... give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine . ' On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : — ' Love was with thy life entwined , Close as heat ...
... give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine . ' On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : — ' Love was with thy life entwined , Close as heat ...
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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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