Johnson's Lives of the Poets, כרך 2George Bell and Sons, 1890 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 22
עמוד 45
... states that there is in the Bodleian Gallery a clever portrait , by Dahl , of Sprat and his son , in one piece , of which there is a good mezzotint by Smith . continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure . When SPRAT . 45.
... states that there is in the Bodleian Gallery a clever portrait , by Dahl , of Sprat and his son , in one piece , of which there is a good mezzotint by Smith . continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure . When SPRAT . 45.
עמוד 70
... , at Shakespeare's Head , over against Katherine Street in the Strand , 1717 , folio . Dedicated to the Princess of Wales ( Queen Caroline ) , and her Portrait prefixed . ability : his notions are half - formed , and 70 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... , at Shakespeare's Head , over against Katherine Street in the Strand , 1717 , folio . Dedicated to the Princess of Wales ( Queen Caroline ) , and her Portrait prefixed . ability : his notions are half - formed , and 70 LIVES OF THE POETS .
עמוד 81
... and to sit up all night for his pleasure ! " 3 Mr. Cunningham states that there is a portrait of Rowe at Nuneham by Kneller , which belonged to Jacob Tonson . high degree . He had a quick and fruitful invention II . G ROWE . 81.
... and to sit up all night for his pleasure ! " 3 Mr. Cunningham states that there is a portrait of Rowe at Nuneham by Kneller , which belonged to Jacob Tonson . high degree . He had a quick and fruitful invention II . G ROWE . 81.
עמוד 104
... portraits , which may be supposed to be sometimes embel- lished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give ...
... portraits , which may be supposed to be sometimes embel- lished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give ...
עמוד 127
... portraits of Addison is abridged from Mr. Scharf's Catalogue given in Bloxam's Register of Magdalen College , vol . vi ... portrait in crayons , belonging to Mr. H. C. Dent , 20 , Thurloe Square , London , well finished in the style of ...
... portraits of Addison is abridged from Mr. Scharf's Catalogue given in Bloxam's Register of Magdalen College , vol . vi ... portrait in crayons , belonging to Mr. H. C. Dent , 20 , Thurloe Square , London , well finished in the style of ...
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עמוד 425 - GIBBON'S Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete and unabridged, with variorum Notes ; including those of Guizot, Wenck, Niebuhr, Hugo, Neander, and others. 7 vols. 2 Maps and Portrait.
עמוד 427 - The only complete English translation. ROSCOE'S (W.) Life of Leo X., with Notes, Historical Documents, and Dissertation on Lucretia Borgia. 3 Portraits. 2 vOls. Lorenzo de' Medici, called ' The Magnificent,' with Copyright Notes, Poems, Letters, &c.
עמוד 25 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
עמוד 59 - THE Life of Dr. Parnell is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, a,nd general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.