Johnson's Lives of the Poets, כרך 2George Bell and Sons, 1890 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 73
עמוד 6
... verses in the Oxford books , which he could not help setting his name to , several of his compositions came abroad under other names , which his own singular modesty , and faithful silence , strove in vain to conceal . The Encœnia and ...
... verses in the Oxford books , which he could not help setting his name to , several of his compositions came abroad under other names , which his own singular modesty , and faithful silence , strove in vain to conceal . The Encœnia and ...
עמוד 9
... Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . " And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him enemies , yet the better part of mankind were obliged by the ...
... Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . " And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him enemies , yet the better part of mankind were obliged by the ...
עמוד 37
... verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy his mirth , it may be sometimes necessary to think well of his opinions . ' 1 Mr. Peter Cunningham observes here ...
... verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy his mirth , it may be sometimes necessary to think well of his opinions . ' 1 Mr. Peter Cunningham observes here ...
עמוד 41
... verses , both as falling so infinitely below the full and sublime genius of that excellent poet who made this way of writing free of our nation , and being so little equal and proportioned to the renown of the prince on whom they were ...
... verses , both as falling so infinitely below the full and sublime genius of that excellent poet who made this way of writing free of our nation , and being so little equal and proportioned to the renown of the prince on whom they were ...
עמוד 51
... verse . : Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 , at Horton in Northamptonshire , the son of Mr. George Montague , a younger son of the earl of Manchester . ' He was educated first in the country , and then removed to Westminster ...
... verse . : Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 , at Horton in Northamptonshire , the son of Mr. George Montague , a younger son of the earl of Manchester . ' He was educated first in the country , and then removed to Westminster ...
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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.