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It is easily supposed that they were soon released . The negotiation was begun at
Prior's house , where the Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( September 20 , 1711
) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance was of Prior ...
It is easily supposed that they were soon released . The negotiation was begun at
Prior's house , where the Queen's ministers met Mesnager ( September 20 , 1711
) , and entered privately upon the great business . The importance was of Prior ...
Pagina 14
By the help of such easy fictions , and vulgar topics , without acquaintance with
life , and without knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and
lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to
Phædra ...
By the help of such easy fictions , and vulgar topics , without acquaintance with
life , and without knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and
lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to
Phædra ...
Pagina 32
He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection
cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censures ,
which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . “ I am not
free ...
He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection
cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censures ,
which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . “ I am not
free ...
Pagina 33
That he had been of considerable use , I doubt not but he believed , for I hold him
to have been very honest ; but he might easily make a false estimate of his own
importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving others are often ...
That he had been of considerable use , I doubt not but he believed , for I hold him
to have been very honest ; but he might easily make a false estimate of his own
importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving others are often ...
Pagina 34
The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost
all courted , ' was his professed adversary ;. He had besides given them reason
for resentment ; as , in his preface to “ Prince Arthur , " he had said of the dramatic
...
The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost
all courted , ' was his professed adversary ;. He had besides given them reason
for resentment ; as , in his preface to “ Prince Arthur , " he had said of the dramatic
...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2 Volume 419 van Collection of British and American authors Collection of British authors ; no. 418-419 Volume 418 van Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | B. Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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