Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 頁 |
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... study which made him think a poet the fureft guide in his new profeffion , left him little doubt whether poetry was the fureft path to its honours and preferments . Not long indeed after he took Orders , he published in prose , A true ...
... study which made him think a poet the fureft guide in his new profeffion , left him little doubt whether poetry was the fureft path to its honours and preferments . Not long indeed after he took Orders , he published in prose , A true ...
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... . He paffed through Westminster - school under the care of Dr. Freind , and was then called home to be inftructed in his father's profeffion . But his father died A foon , foon , and he took no delight in the study [ 1 ] DYE R. ...
... . He paffed through Westminster - school under the care of Dr. Freind , and was then called home to be inftructed in his father's profeffion . But his father died A foon , foon , and he took no delight in the study [ 1 ] DYE R. ...
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Samuel Johnson. foon , and he took no delight in the study of the law , but , having always amused himself with drawing , re- folved to turn painter , and became pupil to Mr. Richardfon , an artist then of high reputation , but now ...
Samuel Johnson. foon , and he took no delight in the study of the law , but , having always amused himself with drawing , re- folved to turn painter , and became pupil to Mr. Richardfon , an artist then of high reputation , but now ...
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... study , rather effufions than compofitions . The names of his perfons too often enable- the reader to anticipate their converfa- tion ; and when they have met , they too often part without conclufion . He has copied Fenelon more than ...
... study , rather effufions than compofitions . The names of his perfons too often enable- the reader to anticipate their converfa- tion ; and when they have met , they too often part without conclufion . He has copied Fenelon more than ...
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... study the law . He therefore retired to Cambridge , where he foon after became Bachelor of Civil Law ; and where , without liking the place or its inhabitants , or pretending to like them , he paffed , except a fhort refi- dence at ...
... study the law . He therefore retired to Cambridge , where he foon after became Bachelor of Civil Law ; and where , without liking the place or its inhabitants , or pretending to like them , he paffed , except a fhort refi- dence at ...
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