The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... King James , were added to the former fellows . His residence was in Cheapside , and his friends were chiefly in the city . In the early part of Black- more's time , a citizen was a term of reproach ; and his place of abode was another ...
... King James , were added to the former fellows . His residence was in Cheapside , and his friends were chiefly in the city . In the early part of Black- more's time , a citizen was a term of reproach ; and his place of abode was another ...
Pagina 33
... King William , and advanced by him to the honour of knighthood , with the present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but King William was not very studious of poetry ; and ...
... King William , and advanced by him to the honour of knighthood , with the present of a gold chain and a medal . The malignity of the wits attributed his knighthood to his new poem ; but King William was not very studious of poetry ; and ...
Pagina 34
... King Arthur " he endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his " Mourning Bride " than it has obtained from any other critic . The same year he published " A Satire on Wit ; " a procla ...
... King Arthur " he endeavoured to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his " Mourning Bride " than it has obtained from any other critic . The same year he published " A Satire on Wit ; " a procla ...
Pagina 41
... king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the diabetes , and the plague . Of those books , if I had read them , it could not be ex- pected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is ...
... king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the diabetes , and the plague . Of those books , if I had read them , it could not be ex- pected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is ...
Pagina 42
... King William , of glorious Memory , in the Year 1695. " This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological controversy , and wrote two books against the Arians ; " Just ...
... King William , of glorious Memory , in the Year 1695. " This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological controversy , and wrote two books against the Arians ; " Just ...
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