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... as Burnet relates , reading Horace , and was so well pleased with his
proficiency , that he undertook the care and cost of his academical edu . eation .
He entered his name in St. John's College , at Cambridge , in 1682 , in his
eighteenth year ...
... as Burnet relates , reading Horace , and was so well pleased with his
proficiency , that he undertook the care and cost of his academical edu . eation .
He entered his name in St. John's College , at Cambridge , in 1682 , in his
eighteenth year ...
Pagina 14
The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in some parts , such airiness and
levity as will always procure it readers , even among those who cannot compare
it with the original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy : The poems to the ...
The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in some parts , such airiness and
levity as will always procure it readers , even among those who cannot compare
it with the original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy : The poems to the ...
Pagina 16
... the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought
wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is
not much regarded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that
shall ...
... the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought
wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is
not much regarded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that
shall ...
Pagina 22
He writes to his patron , the Lord Halifax , a dedication , in which he endeavours
to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience .
These apologies are always useless : de gustibus non est disputandum ; " men
may ...
He writes to his patron , the Lord Halifax , a dedication , in which he endeavours
to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience .
These apologies are always useless : de gustibus non est disputandum ; " men
may ...
Pagina 29
In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of
senseless dolour , he dismisses his reader with senseless consolation : from the
grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for
Amyntas ...
In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of
senseless dolour , he dismisses his reader with senseless consolation : from the
grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for
Amyntas ...
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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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