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Pagina 6
“My Lord Treasurer moved, and all my Lords were of the same opinion, that Mr.
Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign: the reason for which
is, because he, having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy, is the best ...
“My Lord Treasurer moved, and all my Lords were of the same opinion, that Mr.
Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign: the reason for which
is, because he, having personally treated with Monsieur de Torcy, is the best ...
Pagina 11
He was not afraid of provoking censure ; for , when he forsook the whigs , under
whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a tory so ardent and
determinate , that he did not willingly consort with men of different opinions . He
was ...
He was not afraid of provoking censure ; for , when he forsook the whigs , under
whose patronage he first entered the world , he became a tory so ardent and
determinate , that he did not willingly consort with men of different opinions . He
was ...
Pagina 12
Poor Prior , why . was he so strained , and in such want of repair , after a
conversation with men , not , in the opinion of the world , much wiser than himself
? But such are the conceits of speculatists , who strain their faculties to find in a
12 ...
Poor Prior , why . was he so strained , and in such want of repair , after a
conversation with men , not , in the opinion of the world , much wiser than himself
? But such are the conceits of speculatists , who strain their faculties to find in a
12 ...
Pagina 13
His opinions , so far as the means of judging are left us , seem to have been right
; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . and Prior has
written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all
...
His opinions , so far as the means of judging are left us , seem to have been right
; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . and Prior has
written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all
...
Pagina 23
In the reign of Charles the First , the puritans had raised a violent clamour against
the drama , which they considered as an entertainment not lawful to Christians ,
an opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne ...
In the reign of Charles the First , the puritans had raised a violent clamour against
the drama , which they considered as an entertainment not lawful to Christians ,
an opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne ...
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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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