Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1892 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 29
... known . If the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by him- self that he owed his nativity to England , and by every . body else that he was born in Ireland . Southern men- tioned him ...
... known . If the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by him- self that he owed his nativity to England , and by every . body else that he was born in Ireland . Southern men- tioned him ...
Pagina 37
... known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ancient family from which ...
... known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ancient family from which ...
Pagina 41
... known only as it is appended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but , except what relates to the stage , I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung , or a couplet ...
... known only as it is appended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but , except what relates to the stage , I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung , or a couplet ...
Pagina 43
... known when , his in- digence compelled him to teach a school , a humiliation with which , though it certainly lasted but a little while , his enemies did not forget to reproach him , when he be- came conspicuous enough to excite ...
... known when , his in- digence compelled him to teach a school , a humiliation with which , though it certainly lasted but a little while , his enemies did not forget to reproach him , when he be- came conspicuous enough to excite ...
Pagina 44
... known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) " Prince Arthur , " in ten books , written , as he relates , " by such catches and starts , and in such occasional uncertain hours as his profession afforded , and for the ...
... known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) " Prince Arthur , " in ten books , written , as he relates , " by such catches and starts , and in such occasional uncertain hours as his profession afforded , and for the ...
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Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2019 |
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