“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pagina's |
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... 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 made . On the first of August , 1714 ...
... 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 made . On the first of August , 1714 ...
Pagina 13
... given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In ...
... given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In ...
Pagina 20
... given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt whether a man of eminence has told the truth about his own birth , is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet , nobody can live long without knowing that ...
... given by himself , as they suppose , to Jacob . To doubt whether a man of eminence has told the truth about his own birth , is , in appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet , nobody can live long without knowing that ...
Pagina 21
... given . His first performance was a novel , called " In- cognita , or Love and Duty reconciled : " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious ...
... given . His first performance was a novel , called " In- cognita , or Love and Duty reconciled : " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious ...
Pagina 26
... bequeathed a legacy , of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsi- mony ; which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ancient family from which 26 CONGREVE .
... bequeathed a legacy , of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsi- mony ; which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ancient family from which 26 CONGREVE .
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