The Six Chief Lives from Johnson's Lives of the Poets: With Macaulay's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1881 - 463 páginas |
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... probably with as much intelligence , as any Staffordshire squire in the congregation . The work which had been begun in the nursery had been completed by the university . Oxford , when Johnson resided there , was the most Jacobitical ...
... probably with as much intelligence , as any Staffordshire squire in the congregation . The work which had been begun in the nursery had been completed by the university . Oxford , when Johnson resided there , was the most Jacobitical ...
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... probably originated in his abhor- rence of the conduct of the nation during the Great Rebellion . It is easy to guess in what manner debates on great party questions were likely to be reported by a man whose judgment was so much ...
... probably originated in his abhor- rence of the conduct of the nation during the Great Rebellion . It is easy to guess in what manner debates on great party questions were likely to be reported by a man whose judgment was so much ...
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... probably of the good offices of Dodington , who was then the confidential adviser of Prince Frederick , two of his Royal Highness's gentlemen carried a gracious message to the printing- office , and ordered seven copies for Leicester ...
... probably of the good offices of Dodington , who was then the confidential adviser of Prince Frederick , two of his Royal Highness's gentlemen carried a gracious message to the printing- office , and ordered seven copies for Leicester ...
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... probably have set out for Rome and Naples but for his fear of the expense of the journey . That expense , indeed , he had the means of defray- ing ; for he had laid up about two thousand pounds , the fruit of labours which had made the ...
... probably have set out for Rome and Naples but for his fear of the expense of the journey . That expense , indeed , he had the means of defray- ing ; for he had laid up about two thousand pounds , the fruit of labours which had made the ...
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... such , that he grew rich , and retired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh MILTON ✓
... such , that he grew rich , and retired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh MILTON ✓
Términos y frases comunes
Addison afterwards appears attention called Cambridge character College common considered continued criticism Crown 8vo death desire Dryden Edition effect elegance English example excellence expected fcap Fellow formed friends give given Greek hand HISTORY honour hope human hundred Illustrations Italy Johnson kind King knowledge known labour language late Latin learning less Letters lines literature lived Lord lost manner Master means mention Milton mind nature never Notes observed once opinion original performance perhaps play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise preparation present probably produced Professor prose publick published reader reason received remarks revised says School seems shew short sometimes soon style supposed Swift tell thing thought told tragedy translation true University verses volume whole write written wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 417 - If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing. If of Dryden's fire the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight.
Página 389 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 97 - In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind. When Cowley tells of Hervey, that they studied together, it is easy to suppose how much he must miss the companion of his labours, and the partner of his discoveries ; but what image of tenderness...
Página 19 - THE SEVEN KINGS OF ROME. An Easy Narrative, abridged from the First Book of Livy by the omission of Difficult Passages; being a First Latin Reading Book, with Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary.
Página 200 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 25 - Prelector of St. John's College, Cambridge. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MECHANICS. For the Use of the Junior Classes at the University and the Higher Classes in Schools.
Página 306 - To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why must she be bridled '? because she longs to launch ? an act which was never hindered by a bridle : and whither will she launch ? into a nobler strain.
Página 42 - SOUND : a Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of Sound, for the Use of Students of every age.
Página 24 - HEMMING— AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS, for the Use of Colleges and Schools. By GW HEMMING, MA, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions. 8vo.
Página 417 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more ; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.