The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted from D. JohnsonGalignani, 1805 - 312 páginas |
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... told the King ; but his mode of study was never regular , and at all times he thought more than he read . He informed Mr. Boswell , that what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek , and that the study of which he was most fond was ...
... told the King ; but his mode of study was never regular , and at all times he thought more than he read . He informed Mr. Boswell , that what he read solidly at Oxford was Greek , and that the study of which he was most fond was ...
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... told a friend , that he received for the copy 100l . and 251. more when it came to a second edition ; that he wrote it in the evenings of one week , sent it to the press in portions as it was written , and had never since read it over ...
... told a friend , that he received for the copy 100l . and 251. more when it came to a second edition ; that he wrote it in the evenings of one week , sent it to the press in portions as it was written , and had never since read it over ...
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... told of the feeble , though shrill , outcry that had been raised , he said " Sir , I considered myself as en- trusted with a certain portion of truth . I have given my opinion sincerely : let them show where they think me wrong . دو He ...
... told of the feeble , though shrill , outcry that had been raised , he said " Sir , I considered myself as en- trusted with a certain portion of truth . I have given my opinion sincerely : let them show where they think me wrong . دو He ...
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... told Waller of the disparity , he answered , " Poets succeed better in fiction than in truth . " In the first parliament summoned by Charles the Second ( March 8 , 1661 ) Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served , for different ...
... told Waller of the disparity , he answered , " Poets succeed better in fiction than in truth . " In the first parliament summoned by Charles the Second ( March 8 , 1661 ) Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served , for different ...
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... told us that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , and that he poured out with great fluency his unpremeditated verse . At what particular times of his life the several parts of his work were written cannot now be ...
... told us that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , and that he poured out with great fluency his unpremeditated verse . At what particular times of his life the several parts of his work were written cannot now be ...
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