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He became a bachelor , as is usual , in four years ; and two years afterwards
wrote the poem on the “ Deity , " which stands first in his volume . It is the
established practice of that College , to send every year to the Earl of Exeter
some poems ...
He became a bachelor , as is usual , in four years ; and two years afterwards
wrote the poem on the “ Deity , " which stands first in his volume . It is the
established practice of that College , to send every year to the Earl of Exeter
some poems ...
Pagina 7
He had not all that is customarily given to ambassadors : he hints to the Queen in
an imperfect poem , that he had no service of plate ; and it appeared , by the
debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually ...
He had not all that is customarily given to ambassadors : he hints to the Queen in
an imperfect poem , that he had no service of plate ; and it appeared , by the
debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually ...
Pagina 9
Being however generally known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add
other poems to those which he had printed , and to publish them by subscription .
The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the ...
Being however generally known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add
other poems to those which he had printed , and to publish them by subscription .
The expedient succeeded by the industry of many friends , who circulated the ...
Pagina 14
His Occasional Poems necessarily lost part of their value , as their occasions ,
being less remembered , raised less emotion . ... His poem on the battle of
Ramillies is necessarily tedious by the form of the stanza : an uniform mass of ten
lines ...
His Occasional Poems necessarily lost part of their value , as their occasions ,
being less remembered , raised less emotion . ... His poem on the battle of
Ramillies is necessarily tedious by the form of the stanza : an uniform mass of ten
lines ...
Pagina 16
The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uniformity of the subject , for
it is sufficiently diversified , but from the continued tenor of the narration ; in which
Solomon relates the successive vicissitudes of his own mind , without the ...
The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uniformity of the subject , for
it is sufficiently diversified , but from the continued tenor of the narration ; in which
Solomon relates the successive vicissitudes of his own mind , without the ...
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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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