Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1889 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... given to ambassadors : he hints to the queen in an imperfect poem that he had no service of plate ; and it appeared by the debts which he contracted that his remittances were not punctually made . On the 1st of August , Ï714 , ensued ...
... given to ambassadors : he hints to the queen in an imperfect poem that he had no service of plate ; and it appeared by the debts which he contracted that his remittances were not punctually made . On the 1st of August , Ï714 , ensued ...
Pagina 21
... given us . The adventure of Hans Carvel has passed through many successions of merry wits , for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his ...
... given us . The adventure of Hans Carvel has passed through many successions of merry wits , for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his ...
Pagina 29
... given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt whether a man of eminence has told the truth about his own birth is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods of ...
... given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt whether a man of eminence has told the truth about his own birth is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods of ...
Pagina 30
... given . His first performance was a novel called " Incognita ; or , Love and Duty Reconciled ; " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious ...
... given . His first performance was a novel called " Incognita ; or , Love and Duty Reconciled ; " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious ...
Pagina 37
... given great assistance to the ancient family from which he descended , at that time , by the imprudence of his relation , reduced to difficulties and distress . CONGREVE has merit of the highest kind ; he is an original writer , who ...
... given great assistance to the ancient family from which he descended , at that time , by the imprudence of his relation , reduced to difficulties and distress . CONGREVE has merit of the highest kind ; he is an original writer , who ...
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Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2019 |
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