Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 |
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Pagina 137
... never made wiser by his sufferings , nor preserved by one misfortune from falling into another . He proceeded throughout his life to tread the same steps on the same circle ; always applauding his past conduct , or at least forgetting ...
... never made wiser by his sufferings , nor preserved by one misfortune from falling into another . He proceeded throughout his life to tread the same steps on the same circle ; always applauding his past conduct , or at least forgetting ...
Pagina 305
... never content with mediocrity when excellence could be attained . He con- sidered poetry as the business of his life , and however he might seem to lament his occupation , he followed it with constancy ; to make verses was his first ...
... never content with mediocrity when excellence could be attained . He con- sidered poetry as the business of his life , and however he might seem to lament his occupation , he followed it with constancy ; to make verses was his first ...
Pagina 311
... never by his pride . On such an occasion a poet may be allowed to be obscure , but inconsistency never can be right . The Ode for St. Cecilia's Day was undertaken at the desire of Steele : in this the author is generally confessed to ...
... never by his pride . On such an occasion a poet may be allowed to be obscure , but inconsistency never can be right . The Ode for St. Cecilia's Day was undertaken at the desire of Steele : in this the author is generally confessed to ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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