The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 5
... death of Cowley , whom he was not long to survive ; for , on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was buried by his side . Denham is deservedly considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior ...
... death of Cowley , whom he was not long to survive ; for , on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was buried by his side . Denham is deservedly considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior ...
Pagina 7
... death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He ...
... death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He ...
Pagina 10
... cold ashes I attest , and call To witness for myself , that in their fall No foes , no death , nor danger , I declin'd , Did , and deserv'd no less , my fate to find . From this kind of concatenated metre he after- wards refrained 10 ...
... cold ashes I attest , and call To witness for myself , that in their fall No foes , no death , nor danger , I declin'd , Did , and deserv'd no less , my fate to find . From this kind of concatenated metre he after- wards refrained 10 ...
Pagina 20
... death of Mr. King , the son of sir John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James , and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined hIt has , nevertheless , its foundation in ...
... death of Mr. King , the son of sir John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James , and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined hIt has , nevertheless , its foundation in ...
Pagina 21
... death of his mother set him at liberty to travel , for which he obtained his father's consent , and sir Henry Wotton's directions ; with the celebrated precept of prudence , " i pensieri stretti , ed il viso sciolto ; " thoughts close ...
... death of his mother set him at liberty to travel , for which he obtained his father's consent , and sir Henry Wotton's directions ; with the celebrated precept of prudence , " i pensieri stretti , ed il viso sciolto ; " thoughts close ...
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