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Pagina 5
WHEN , at the age of sixty - eight , Johnson was writing these “ Lives of the
English Poets , ” he had caused omissions to be made from the poems of
Rochester , and was asked whether he would allow the printers to give all the
verse of Prior .
WHEN , at the age of sixty - eight , Johnson was writing these “ Lives of the
English Poets , ” he had caused omissions to be made from the poems of
Rochester , and was asked whether he would allow the printers to give all the
verse of Prior .
Pagina 7
... not intending to give him any education beyond that of the school , took him ,
when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house , where the Earl of
Dorset , celebrated for patronage of genius , found him by chance , as Burnet
relates ...
... not intending to give him any education beyond that of the school , took him ,
when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house , where the Earl of
Dorset , celebrated for patronage of genius , found him by chance , as Burnet
relates ...
Pagina 13
... country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the
blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French
are poets . " Soon after , the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to
Paris .
... country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the
blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French
are poets . " Soon after , the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to
Paris .
Pagina 14
And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior
thus : - " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ; make use of it , once for all ,
upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly that we must give a different ...
And while the Duke of Shrewsbury was still at Paris , Bolingbroke wrote to Prior
thus : - " Monsieur de Torcy has a confidence in you ; make use of it , once for all ,
upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly that we must give a different ...
Pagina 15
When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole that the committee were
not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the
Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now Thought a stricter
confinement ...
When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole that the committee were
not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the
Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now Thought a stricter
confinement ...
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