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Pagina 1
He was wont , says Sprat , to bition of eloquence , has produced a funeral ora-
relate , “ That he had this defect in his memory tion rather than a history : he has
given the at that time , that his teachers never could bring character , not the life ,
of ...
He was wont , says Sprat , to bition of eloquence , has produced a funeral ora-
relate , “ That he had this defect in his memory tion rather than a history : he has
given the at that time , that his teachers never could bring character , not the life ,
of ...
Pagina 3
... show him to have been above the affectaSed cadat ante diem , mediaque
inhumatus arena . tion of unseasonable elegance , and to have Aneid iv , 615 ,
known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of
rhetoric .
... show him to have been above the affectaSed cadat ante diem , mediaque
inhumatus arena . tion of unseasonable elegance , and to have Aneid iv , 615 ,
known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of
rhetoric .
Pagina 4
There is no reason for supposing that he ever He then took upon himself the
character of attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies physician , still ,
according to Sprat , with inten- have contributed something to the honour of his
tion “ to ...
There is no reason for supposing that he ever He then took upon himself the
character of attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies physician , still ,
according to Sprat , with inten- have contributed something to the honour of his
tion “ to ...
Pagina 12
... proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not man of his time was proud to
praise , there are , of things revealed , but of the reality of revelaas there must be
in all Cowley's compositions , tion . In the verses for Reason , is a passage some
...
... proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not man of his time was proud to
praise , there are , of things revealed , but of the reality of revelaas there must be
in all Cowley's compositions , tion . In the verses for Reason , is a passage some
...
Pagina 13
Men have been wise in very dif- tion the ancients , he might have found it
fullferent modes ; but they have always laughed blown in modern Italy . Thus
Sannazaro : the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced famili- Aspice
quam variis ...
Men have been wise in very dif- tion the ancients , he might have found it
fullferent modes ; but they have always laughed blown in modern Italy . Thus
Sannazaro : the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced famili- Aspice
quam variis ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | Jones and Company, 1848 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 28 feb 2019 |
| Lengte | 365 pagina's |
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