Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1952 - 472 pagina's |
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Pagina 90
... perhaps uncon- sciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps uncon- sciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Pagina 180
... perhaps yet knew little themselves , beyond some general and indistinct notices . ' But Waller , ' says Claren- don , ' was so confounded with fear , that he confessed whatever he had heard , said , thought , or seen ; all that he knew ...
... perhaps yet knew little themselves , beyond some general and indistinct notices . ' But Waller , ' says Claren- don , ' was so confounded with fear , that he confessed whatever he had heard , said , thought , or seen ; all that he knew ...
Pagina 247
... perhaps the greatest offender . Against those that accused him of plagiarism , he alleges a favourable expression of the king : ' He only desired that they , who accuse me of thefts , would steal him plays like mine ' ; and then relates ...
... perhaps the greatest offender . Against those that accused him of plagiarism , he alleges a favourable expression of the king : ' He only desired that they , who accuse me of thefts , would steal him plays like mine ' ; and then relates ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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