A delightful and comprehensive look at the lives and works of some of England's finest poets.
Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. It is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most humanly diverting.
... Poet . Biographer .. Poetess ... Author of Biog . Notes of Johnson , & c . Theologian , & c . Historian ... in Author of Moral Tales , & c . · • • Author of " Peter Wilkins . " • • · Anna Maria Porter . Dr. Thomas Chalmers ...
... in author , so long as a true tafte of fine writing hall exift , he will have a distinguished place thofe who have excelled . Whatever he hath published , whether he played with his muse , red in the plain livery of profe , was fought ...
... in Author - Land , 12mo . " She has a mind of the purest quality , -simple , truthful , imagi- native , fertile , and genial . We have never expressed one - half of the admiration we have felt for that rare , most rare , quality of her ...
... British Critic . 66 Deserving of being called the Philosophy of Heraldry . " — LOWNDES . " An elegant and ... in author . The 21st edit . was pub . by A. P. Buchan , M.D. , 1854 . It has been translated into many European lan ...
... in Author - Land , 12mo . " She has a mind of the purest quality , -simple , truthful , imagi- native , fertile , and genial . We have never expressed one - half of the admiration we have felt for that rare , most rare , quality of her ...
Rosenberg was also a gifted painter and this beautifully illustrated volume oncludes some hitherto inseen self-portraits, along with photogrpahs of Rosenberg and his family.
... in author introductions , level of annotation , tone of writing , and student accessibility . We have followed those same principles in the preparation of this third edition . Our General Editors have throughout taken the lead in the ...
... in author introductions, level of annotation, tone of writ- ing, and student accessibility. We have followed those same principles in the preparation of this fourth edition. Our General Editors have throughout taken the lead in the ...