The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... diligent to clear him ; and indeed it does not seem to have lessened his reputation . His wish for retirement we can easily believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of ...
... diligent to clear him ; and indeed it does not seem to have lessened his reputation . His wish for retirement we can easily believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of ...
Pagina 8
... diligence of his long service , and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abilities , he naturally expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own fault , wrote a ...
... diligence of his long service , and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abilities , he naturally expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own fault , wrote a ...
Pagina 22
... diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand : And I must needs , I'm ...
... diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand : And I must needs , I'm ...
Pagina 61
... diligence studied the language and literature ; and though he seems to have in- tended a very quick perambulation of the country , stayed two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the aca- demies , and produced his ...
... diligence studied the language and literature ; and though he seems to have in- tended a very quick perambulation of the country , stayed two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the aca- demies , and produced his ...
Pagina 65
... diligence , there is no reason for doubt- ing . One part of his method deserves general imitation . He was careful to instruct his scholars in religion . Every Sun- day was spent upon theology ; of which he dictated a short system ...
... diligence , there is no reason for doubt- ing . One part of his method deserves general imitation . He was careful to instruct his scholars in religion . Every Sun- day was spent upon theology ; of which he dictated a short system ...
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