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Pagina 3
... appear to have been eager of poetical diftinction , or to have lavished his early wit either on ficti- tious fubjects or public occafions . He pro- bably confidered that he who purposed to be an author , ought first to be a student . He ...
... appear to have been eager of poetical diftinction , or to have lavished his early wit either on ficti- tious fubjects or public occafions . He pro- bably confidered that he who purposed to be an author , ought first to be a student . He ...
Pagina 6
... appears never to have loved that exercife of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . 1 Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of ...
... appears never to have loved that exercife of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . 1 Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of ...
Pagina 11
... appear till 1668 , the fame year in which the Dialogue was published , there was time enough for ́ en- mity to grow up between authors , who , writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . He was now fo much diftinguished ...
... appear till 1668 , the fame year in which the Dialogue was published , there was time enough for ́ en- mity to grow up between authors , who , writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . He was now fo much diftinguished ...
Pagina 22
... appear , " Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombaft << bear . With noife they move , and from players " mouths rebound , " When their tongues dance to thy words " empty found . " By thee infpir'd the rumbling verfes roll , " As if that ...
... appear , " Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombaft << bear . With noife they move , and from players " mouths rebound , " When their tongues dance to thy words " empty found . " By thee infpir'd the rumbling verfes roll , " As if that ...
Pagina 30
... appear , " With open arms , loose vail and flowing hair , Juft flying forward from my rowling sphere . , " I wonder , if he be so strict , how he dares " make fo bold with sphere himself , and be " fo critical in other men's writings ...
... appear , " With open arms , loose vail and flowing hair , Juft flying forward from my rowling sphere . , " I wonder , if he be so strict , how he dares " make fo bold with sphere himself , and be " fo critical in other men's writings ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 2 Samuel Johnson Volledige weergave - 1821 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 2 Samuel Johnson Volledige weergave - 1839 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 2 Samuel Johnson Volledige weergave - 1800 |
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