The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 13
... Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Christopher , who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the king's party , for which he ...
... Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Christopher , who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the king's party , for which he ...
Pagina 15
... Latin verses with classick ele- gance . If any exceptions can be made , they are very few : Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth's reign , however they have succeeded in prose , no sooner attempt verse than they provoke derision ...
... Latin verses with classick ele- gance . If any exceptions can be made , they are very few : Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth's reign , however they have succeeded in prose , no sooner attempt verse than they provoke derision ...
Pagina 19
... Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus ...
... Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus ...
Pagina 23
... Latin poem , which must have raised an high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to ...
... Latin poem , which must have raised an high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to ...
Pagina 26
... Latin , that were read in Aldersgate street , by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the ...
... Latin , that were read in Aldersgate street , by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the ...
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