The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, כרך 3 |
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עמוד 384
ed the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs.
Swift's relations , and whose father Sir John Temple , Master of the Rolls in
Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom ...
ed the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs.
Swift's relations , and whose father Sir John Temple , Master of the Rolls in
Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom ...
עמוד 388
With this request Swift quickly complied , having perhaps equally repented their
separation , and they lived .on together with mutual satisfaction ; and , in the four
years that passed between his return and Temple's death , it is probable that he ...
With this request Swift quickly complied , having perhaps equally repented their
separation , and they lived .on together with mutual satisfaction ; and , in the four
years that passed between his return and Temple's death , it is probable that he ...
עמוד 389
That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the
posthumous works with which he was intrusted , but neither the dedication , nor
tenderness for the man whom he once had treated with confidence and fondness
, revived ...
That this promise might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the
posthumous works with which he was intrusted , but neither the dedication , nor
tenderness for the man whom he once had treated with confidence and fondness
, revived ...
עמוד 425
Swift was a lover ; his testimony may be suspected . Delany and the Irish faw with
Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirmation . That she was virtuous ,
beautiful , and elegant , in a very high degree , such admiration from such a lover
...
Swift was a lover ; his testimony may be suspected . Delany and the Irish faw with
Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirmation . That she was virtuous ,
beautiful , and elegant , in a very high degree , such admiration from such a lover
...
עמוד 427
Bettesworth , enraged at his disgrace and loss , went to Swift , and demanded
whether he was the author of that poem . “ Mr. Bettesworth , ” answered he , “ I
was in my youth acquainted with great şi lawyers , who , knowing my disposition
to ...
Bettesworth , enraged at his disgrace and loss , went to Swift , and demanded
whether he was the author of that poem . “ Mr. Bettesworth , ” answered he , “ I
was in my youth acquainted with great şi lawyers , who , knowing my disposition
to ...
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able afterwards againſt allowed appeared attention becauſe believe called character common conduct conſidered continued converſation court death deſign deſire diſcovered eaſily effect endeavoured equal excellence expected favour firſt fome formed fortune friends gave give given hand himſelf honour hope houſe imagined kind King known laſt leaſt leſs letter lines lived longer Lord manner means ment mentioned mind moſt mother muſt nature never obſerved obtained occaſion once opinion performance perhaps perſon play pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe preſent Prior produced promiſe publiſhed Queen reaſon received regard retired returned ſaid ſame Savage ſays ſeems ſent ſhe ſhould ſome ſometimes ſtill ſuch ſuffered ſupport ſuppoſed Swift theſe thing thoſe thought tion told took treated uſe verſes virtue whoſe write written wrote
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
עמוד 442 - But if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drank with me.
עמוד 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
עמוד 442 - Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.
עמוד 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
עמוד 223 - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance he was without lodging, and often without meat; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him; there he used to walk and form his speeches, and afterwards step into a shop, beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink, and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident.
עמוד 131 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
עמוד 176 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to...
עמוד 175 - Button's coffee-house, where I used to see him almost every day — On his meeting me there one day in particular, he took me aside, and said he should be glad to dine with me, at such a tavern, if I staid till those people were gone (Budgell and Philips).
עמוד 450 - They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs...
מידע ביבליוגרפי
| כותרת | The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, כרך 3 The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Samuel Johnson |
| מאת | Samuel Johnson |
| מפורסם | 1781 |
| מקור מאת | אוניברסיטת אוקספורד |
| דיגיטלי | 19 יוני 2007 |
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