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Page 8
At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long service , and with
consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abilities ,
he naturally expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by
his own ...
At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long service , and with
consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abilities ,
he naturally expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by
his own ...
Page 9
Not finding , " says the morose Wood , “ that preferment conferred upon him
which he expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he
retired discontented into Surry . " “ He was now , " says the courtly Sprat , " weary
of the ...
Not finding , " says the morose Wood , “ that preferment conferred upon him
which he expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he
retired discontented into Surry . " “ He was now , " says the courtly Sprat , " weary
of the ...
Page 62
From Rome he passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a companion from
whom little could be expected ; yet to himn Milton owed his introduction to Manso
, Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was ...
From Rome he passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit , a companion from
whom little could be expected ; yet to himn Milton owed his introduction to Manso
, Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was ...
Page 66
From a promise like this , at once fervid , pious , and rational , might be expected
the “ Paradise He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same
question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited out of the
...
From a promise like this , at once fervid , pious , and rational , might be expected
the “ Paradise He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same
question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited out of the
...
Page 67
He brought her to town with him , and expected all the advantages of a conjugal
life . The lady , however , seems not much to have delighted in the pleasures of
spare diet and hard study : for , as Philips relates , “ having for a month led a ...
He brought her to town with him , and expected all the advantages of a conjugal
life . The lady , however , seems not much to have delighted in the pleasures of
spare diet and hard study : for , as Philips relates , “ having for a month led a ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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