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Samuel Johnson. my " As for his book of Aphorisms , it is like Lord Bacon's of the same title , a book of jests , or a grave collection of trite and trifling observations ; of which though many are true and certain , yet they signify ...
Samuel Johnson. my " As for his book of Aphorisms , it is like Lord Bacon's of the same title , a book of jests , or a grave collection of trite and trifling observations ; of which though many are true and certain , yet they signify ...
Pagina 65
... Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly styled an excellent versifier and a good poet . Whatever I have said of Fenton is confirmed by Pope in a letter , by ...
... Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly styled an excellent versifier and a good poet . Whatever I have said of Fenton is confirmed by Pope in a letter , by ...
Pagina 70
... Lord Harcourt invited him to his seat , where , during his visit , the two rural lovers were . killed with lightning , as is particularly told in Pope's Letters . Being now generally known , he published ( 1720 ) his poems by ...
... Lord Harcourt invited him to his seat , where , during his visit , the two rural lovers were . killed with lightning , as is particularly told in Pope's Letters . Being now generally known , he published ( 1720 ) his poems by ...
Pagina 74
... Lord Chamberlain ; and he was forced to recompense his repulse by a subscription , which is said to have been so liberally bestowed , that what he called op- pression ended in profit . The publication was 60 much favoured , that though ...
... Lord Chamberlain ; and he was forced to recompense his repulse by a subscription , which is said to have been so liberally bestowed , that what he called op- pression ended in profit . The publication was 60 much favoured , that though ...
Pagina 78
... Lord Landsdown , of Bideford in the county of Devon , less is known than his name and high rank might give reason to expect . He was born about 1667 , the son of Bernard Greenville , who was entrusted by Monk with the most private ...
... Lord Landsdown , of Bideford in the county of Devon , less is known than his name and high rank might give reason to expect . He was born about 1667 , the son of Bernard Greenville , who was entrusted by Monk with the most private ...
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