Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina 83
... elegance , easily gains attention ; and he who told every man that he was equal to his King , could hardly want an audience . That the performance of Salmasius was not dis- persed with equal rapidity , or read with equal eager- ness ...
... elegance , easily gains attention ; and he who told every man that he was equal to his King , could hardly want an audience . That the performance of Salmasius was not dis- persed with equal rapidity , or read with equal eager- ness ...
Pagina 156
... elegance , the philosopher for its arguments , and the saint for its piety . It were an injury to the reader to offer him an abridgement . He died July 26 , 1680 , before he had completed his thirty - fourth year ; and was so worn away ...
... elegance , the philosopher for its arguments , and the saint for its piety . It were an injury to the reader to offer him an abridgement . He died July 26 , 1680 , before he had completed his thirty - fourth year ; and was so worn away ...
Pagina 273
... elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , were not the power of preju- dice every day observed . The authority of Jonson , Sandys , and Holiday , had fixed the judgement of the nation ; and it was not easily believed that a ...
... elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , were not the power of preju- dice every day observed . The authority of Jonson , Sandys , and Holiday , had fixed the judgement of the nation ; and it was not easily believed that a ...
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