Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Količina 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... Addison and Swift never met in political con- flict , as Addison had laid down the Whig Examiner three weeks before Swift commenced . Forster , p . 329 . 3 This was the only one of his many writings to which Swift put his name . S. S. ...
... Addison and Swift never met in political con- flict , as Addison had laid down the Whig Examiner three weeks before Swift commenced . Forster , p . 329 . 3 This was the only one of his many writings to which Swift put his name . S. S. ...
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... Addison and Congreve , were continued in their places . But every man of known influence has so many petitions which he cannot grant , that he must necessarily offend more than he grati- fies , because the preference given to one ...
... Addison and Congreve , were continued in their places . But every man of known influence has so many petitions which he cannot grant , that he must necessarily offend more than he grati- fies , because the preference given to one ...
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... Addison in the " Spectator " with sufficient liberality , met with so much favour as enraged Dennis , " who , " he says , " found himself attacked , without any manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of ...
... Addison in the " Spectator " with sufficient liberality , met with so much favour as enraged Dennis , " who , " he says , " found himself attacked , without any manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of ...
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... Addison , nor , as is said , intended by the author . Almost every poem , consisting of precepts , is so far arbitrary and immethodical , that many of the paragraphs may change places with no apparent inconvenience ; for of two or more ...
... Addison , nor , as is said , intended by the author . Almost every poem , consisting of precepts , is so far arbitrary and immethodical , that many of the paragraphs may change places with no apparent inconvenience ; for of two or more ...
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... Addison merum 1 The person who bespoke the Rape of the Lock was not Mr. Secretary Caryll , but his nephew , the Sussex squire , and for years the correspon- dent of Pope . E. and C. vol . ii . p . 120. The Secretary and author of the ...
... Addison merum 1 The person who bespoke the Rape of the Lock was not Mr. Secretary Caryll , but his nephew , the Sussex squire , and for years the correspon- dent of Pope . E. and C. vol . ii . p . 120. The Secretary and author of the ...
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Addison afterwards Akenside Ambrose Philips appeared beauties blank verse Bolingbroke Boswell's Johnson called censure character Cibber criticism CUNNINGHAM death delight diction died diligence Dryden Dunciad edition elegance endeavoured English Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence father favour Forster friendship genius History Homer honour Ibid Iliad imitation Ireland kind King labour Lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Ludovico Ariosto Lyttelton Mallet Memoir mind Miscellanies nature never Night Thoughts Notes numbers original perhaps Philips Pindar pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's Portrait praise printed prose publick published reader reason remarks rhyme S. S. vol satire says Scriblerus Club seems shew sometimes soon supposed supr Swift tell Thomson tion told Trans translation verses volume Walpole Warburton Woodcuts write written wrote Young
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Stran 165 - When Ajax strives — the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; " when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet
Stran 400 - SMITH'S (Adam) Theory of Moral Sentiments ; with Essay on the First Formation of Languages, and Critical Memoir by Dugald Stewart. SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectores on Modern History ; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution. 2 vols. Lectures on the French Revolution. With Index. 2 vols. SOUTHEY—See
Stran 405 - Letters. By R. Carruthers. Numerous Illustrations. POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, and other objects of Vertu. Comprising an Illustrated Catalogue of the Bernal Collection, with the prices and names of the Possessors. Also an Introductory Lecture on Pottery and Porcelain, and an Engraved List of all Marks and Monograms. By HG Bohn. Numerous Woodcuts. - With coloured Illustrations, iof.
Stran 193 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Stran 407 - On Oratory and Orators. With Letters to Quintus and Brutus. Trans., with Notes, by Rev. JS Watson, MA On the Nature of the Gods, Divination, Fate, Laws, a Republic, Consulship. Trans., with Notes, by CD Yonge, — Academics, De Finibus, and Tusculan Questions. By CD Yonge, BA With Sketch of the Greek Philosophers mentioned by Cicero. CICERO'S
Stran 402 - DCL BOETHIUS'S Consolation of Philosophy, King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of. With an English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F. Tupper, DCL CHRONICLES Of the CRUSADES. Contemporary Narratives of Richard
Stran 410 - ENNEMOSEK'S History of Magic. Trans, by W. Howitt. With an Appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Table-Turning, and SpiritRapping, &c. 2 vols. HIND'S Introduction to Astronomy. With Vocabulary of the Terms in present. use. Numerous Woodcuts. 3^. 6d. HOGG'S (Jabez) Elements of Experimental and Natural Philosophy. Being
Stran 397 - Carni. GIBBON'S Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete and unabridged, with variorum Notes ; including those of Guizot, Wenck, Niebuhr, Hugo, Neander, and others. 7 vols. 2 Maps and Portrait. GOETHE'S Works. Trans, into English by EA Bowring, CB, Anna Swanwick, Sir Walter Scott, &c. &c. 13 vols. Vols. I. and_
Stran 410 - on Colour. Containing the Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and their Application to the Arts ; including Painting, Decoration, Tapestries, Carpets, Mosaics, Glazing, Staining, Calico Printing, Letterpress Printing, Map Colouring, Dress, Landscape and Flower Gardening, &c. Trans. by C. Martel. Several Plates. —— With an additional series of 16 Plates in Colours,
Stran 396 - with Two Lay Sermons. Literary ; to which is added, THE THEORY OF LIFE. Collected and arranged by T. Ashe, BA Miscellanies, Esthetic and COMMINES.—See Philip. CONDÉ'S History of the Dominion of the Arabs in Spain. Trans, by Mrs. Foster. Portrait of Abderahmen ben Moavia. 3 vols. COWPER'S Complete Works, Poems,