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At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much
employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr .
Bennett ...
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much
employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters to Mr .
Bennett ...
Pagina 8
Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their
language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or ... The neglect of the court was
not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted
his old ...
Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their
language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or ... The neglect of the court was
not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted
his old ...
Pagina 12
If wit be well described by Pope , as being " that which has been often thought ,
but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever
sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were ...
If wit be well described by Pope , as being " that which has been often thought ,
but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever
sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were ...
Pagina 13
Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by
exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great
propriety that subtlety , which in its original import means exility of particles , is
taken in its ...
Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by
exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great
propriety that subtlety , which in its original import means exility of particles , is
taken in its ...
Pagina 16
Of thoughts so far - fetched , as to be not only unexpected , but unnatural , all their
books are full . To a Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do
various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind .
Of thoughts so far - fetched , as to be not only unexpected , but unnatural , all their
books are full . To a Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do
various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind .
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| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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