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Pagina 106
The Alexandrine was , I believe , first used by Spenser , for the sake of closing his
stanza with a fuller sound . We had a longer measure of fourteen syllables , into
which the Æneid was translated by Phaer , and other works of the ancients by ...
The Alexandrine was , I believe , first used by Spenser , for the sake of closing his
stanza with a fuller sound . We had a longer measure of fourteen syllables , into
which the Æneid was translated by Phaer , and other works of the ancients by ...
Pagina 290
That Curll gave a true account of the transaction , it is reasonable to believe ,
because no falsehood was ever detected ; and when some years afterwards I
mentioned it to Lintot , the son of Bernard , he declared his opinion to be , that
Pope ...
That Curll gave a true account of the transaction , it is reasonable to believe ,
because no falsehood was ever detected ; and when some years afterwards I
mentioned it to Lintot , the son of Bernard , he declared his opinion to be , that
Pope ...
Pagina 378
You say you cannot conceive how Lord Shaftesbury came to be a philosopher in
vogue ; I will tell you : first , he was a lord ; secondly , he was as vain of his
readers ; thirdly , men are very prone to believe what they do not understand ;
fourthly ...
You say you cannot conceive how Lord Shaftesbury came to be a philosopher in
vogue ; I will tell you : first , he was a lord ; secondly , he was as vain of his
readers ; thirdly , men are very prone to believe what they do not understand ;
fourthly ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| gepubliceerd | 1964 |
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