Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Količina 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... . vi . , and shows that the degree being given speciali gratia , was no uncommon occurrence , pp . 29-38 . 3 Mr. Warren ( or more properly , Waring ) the chamber fellow of be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his 4 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... . vi . , and shows that the degree being given speciali gratia , was no uncommon occurrence , pp . 29-38 . 3 Mr. Warren ( or more properly , Waring ) the chamber fellow of be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his 4 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... given reason for complaint , is said to have made him Deputy Master of the Rolls in Ireland ; 3 which , according to his kinsman's account , * was an office which he knew him not able to discharge . Swift therefore resolved to enter ...
... given reason for complaint , is said to have made him Deputy Master of the Rolls in Ireland ; 3 which , according to his kinsman's account , * was an office which he knew him not able to discharge . Swift therefore resolved to enter ...
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... given , but the book itself has not been found . Probably the work meant was the His- toire Poetique de la Guerre nouvellement declarée entre les Anciens et les Modernes in 12 books , 1688 , for no one can examine it without agreeing ...
... given , but the book itself has not been found . Probably the work meant was the His- toire Poetique de la Guerre nouvellement declarée entre les Anciens et les Modernes in 12 books , 1688 , for no one can examine it without agreeing ...
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... given to one affords all the rest a reason for complaint . When I give away a place , said Lewis XIV . I make an hundred discontented , and one un- grateful . Much has been said of the equality and independence which he preserved in his ...
... given to one affords all the rest a reason for complaint . When I give away a place , said Lewis XIV . I make an hundred discontented , and one un- grateful . Much has been said of the equality and independence which he preserved in his ...
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... given away ; and the friends of Power may , if there be no inherent disqualification , reasonably expect them . Swift accepted ( 1713 ) the deanery of St. Patrick , ' the best preferment that his friends could venture to give him . That ...
... given away ; and the friends of Power may , if there be no inherent disqualification , reasonably expect them . Swift accepted ( 1713 ) the deanery of St. Patrick , ' the best preferment that his friends could venture to give him . That ...
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Stran 22 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Stran 171 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Stran 18 - PASCAL'S Thoughts. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. 3rd Edition, y, dd. PAULI'S (Dr. R.) Life of Alfred the Great. Translated from the German. To which is appended Alfred's ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS. With a literal Translation interpaged, Notes, and an ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR and GLOSSARY, by B. Thorpe. 5^. PAUSANIAS
Stran 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Stran 23 - STRABO'S Geography. Translated by W. Falconer, MA, and HC Hamilton. 3 vols. 5^. each. STRICKLAND'S (Agnes) Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. Revised Edition. With 6 Portraits. 6 vols. 5*. each. Life of Mary Queen of Soots. 2 vols. 5*. each. Lives of the Tudor and Stuart Princesses. With Portraits. 5*.
Stran 20 - Craven.' With 62 Engravings on Wood after Harvey, and 9 Engravings on Steel, chiefly after A. Cooper, RA 5*.
Stran 182 - The freaks, and humours, and spleen, and vanity, of women, as they embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year, than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries.
Stran 5 - CASTLE (E.) Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. By Egerton Castle, MA, FSA With a Complete Bibliography. Illustrated with 140 Reproductions of Old Engravings and 6 Plates of Swords, showing 114 Examples. 6s.
Stran 172 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Stran 9 - FLORENCE OF WORCESTER'S Chronicle, with the Two Continuations : comprising Annals of English History from the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I.