| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 páginas
...Life of Pope, moralises on the incident : " Dryden died May 1, 1700, some days hefore Pope was twelve, so early must he therefore have felt the power of...and have foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? " It is almost a pity to disturb such an agreeable legend, but as Pope's biographers say that he... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 páginas
...and pleased himself with having seen him. Dryden died May i, 1701, some days before Pope was twelve; so early must he therefore have felt the power of...known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer? The earliest of Pope's productions is his ' Ode on Solitude,'... | |
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 396 páginas
...man, of a fresh color, a down look, and not very conversible. " Who does not wish," asks Johnson, " that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? " This young admirer was the son of an honest merchant... | |
| Edward Walford - 1883 - 610 páginas
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| Edward Walford - 1884 - 628 páginas
...mantle he was destined in after life so worthily to wear.* "Who does not wish," writes Dr. Johnson, " that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer?" In later years Pope became a constant frequenter of "Wills',"... | |
| Walter Thornbury - 1879 - 604 páginas
...mantle he was destined in after life so worthily to wear. ' Who does not wish," writes Dr. Johnson, " that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? " In later years Pope became a constant frequenter of... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 páginas
...Life of Pope, moralises on the incident : " Dryden died May 1, 1700, some days before Pope was twelve, so early must he therefore have felt the power of...and have foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? " It is almost a pity to disturb such an agreeable legend, but as Pope's biographers say that he... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 páginas
...Pope, moralises on the incident : " Dryden died May 1, 1700, some days before Pope was twelve, soearly must he therefore have felt the power of harmony and...and have foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? " It is almost a pity to disturb such an agreeablelegend, but as Pope's biographers say that he did... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 páginas
...genius. Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his " Ode on Solitude," written before he was twelve, in which there is nothing more than other forward boys... | |
| Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1894 - 688 páginas
...him to the coffee-house frequented by that distinguished poet. " Who does not wish," asks Johnson, " that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him, and foreseen the greatness of his young admirer ? " nople under James II., and as secretary of state under... | |
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