The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina x
... praise ' on Johnson . Yet it is very generally admitted that this work is the finest of his performances ; and though it has been frequently misjudged and frequently misunderstood , it cannot be said that the decision of posterity has ...
... praise ' on Johnson . Yet it is very generally admitted that this work is the finest of his performances ; and though it has been frequently misjudged and frequently misunderstood , it cannot be said that the decision of posterity has ...
Pàgina xi
... praise that ballad as Addison praised it is to the full as wrong - headed as to find in it nought but ' chill and lifeless imbecility . ' ) To expatiate on what seem to us mistaken views were superfluous . Nor need we long dwell with ...
... praise that ballad as Addison praised it is to the full as wrong - headed as to find in it nought but ' chill and lifeless imbecility . ' ) To expatiate on what seem to us mistaken views were superfluous . Nor need we long dwell with ...
Pàgina xix
... praises beauty which he never saw , complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope ...
... praises beauty which he never saw , complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope ...
Pàgina 5
... praises beauty which he never saw , complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope ...
... praises beauty which he never saw , complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope ...
Pàgina 10
... praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . ' His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . ' Not finding , ' says the morose Wood , ' that preferment con- ferred upon him which he expected , while others for ...
... praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . ' His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . ' Not finding , ' says the morose Wood , ' that preferment con- ferred upon him which he expected , while others for ...
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