Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina xiii
... hand in hand . In the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and discussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
... hand in hand . In the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and discussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
Pagina 283
... hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been some time , as he tells ...
... hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been some time , as he tells ...
Pagina 389
Samuel Johnson. answer in his own hand was desired . His hand was copied so well , that he confessed it might have deceived himself . Blackhead , who had carried the letter , being sent again with a plausible message , was very curious ...
Samuel Johnson. answer in his own hand was desired . His hand was copied so well , that he confessed it might have deceived himself . Blackhead , who had carried the letter , being sent again with a plausible message , was very curious ...
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