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Pagina 6
I remember once to have heard Johnson say , ' Sir , a thousand years may elapse
before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that
of Pope . " " Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flourished , without ...
I remember once to have heard Johnson say , ' Sir , a thousand years may elapse
before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that
of Pope . " " Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flourished , without ...
Pagina 8
In this assembly of princes and nobles , to which Europe has perhaps scarcely
seen anything equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last
did not produce effects proportionate to the magnifi . cence of the transaction .
In this assembly of princes and nobles , to which Europe has perhaps scarcely
seen anything equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last
did not produce effects proportionate to the magnifi . cence of the transaction .
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The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four
thousand ; to which Lord Harley , the son of the Earl of Oxford , to whom he had
invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down Hall , which
Prior was ...
The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four
thousand ; to which Lord Harley , the son of the Earl of Oxford , to whom he had
invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down Hall , which
Prior was ...
Pagina 32
Next year he gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer , which
was not received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a
dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found ...
Next year he gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer , which
was not received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a
dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found ...
Pagina 45
... insolent and contemptuous as they were , raised in him no implacable
resentment ; he and his critic were afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter
works he praises Dennis “ as equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in
ritical abi es ...
... insolent and contemptuous as they were , raised in him no implacable
resentment ; he and his critic were afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter
works he praises Dennis “ as equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in
ritical abi es ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Volume 159 van Cassell's national library |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Henry Morley |
| Uitgever | Cassell, 1892 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | University of Iowa |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 4 jan 2016 |
| Lengte | 192 pagina's |
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