 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. The poem of Hndibras is one of those compositionsof which anation may justly boast ; as the images which it exhibits... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1842 - 454 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. BUTLER, James, duke of Ormpnd, a very celebrated statesman and warrior, in the reign of Charles II.,... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor." Such are the expressive words with which Dr. Johnson winds up his meagre account of the witty author... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1850 - 458 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown; the events of Lis life are variously related; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor. 9 BUTLER, James, duke of Ormond, a very celebrated statesman and warrior, in the reign of Charles П.,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty...is, that he was poor. The poem of Hudibras is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast ; as the images which it exhibits are domestic,... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 316 pages
...is doubtful; the mode and place of his education are unknown; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor." Lives of the Poets. J He died in 1680. 3 He was buried " in the yard belonging to the church of St.... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 292 pages
...is doubtful; the mode and place of his education are unknown; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor." Lives of the Poets. 1 He died in 1680. 3 He was buried " in the yard belonging to the church of St.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1854 - 292 pages
...doubtful; the mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously narrated, and all that can be told with certainty is that he was poor." In this he resembled Burns, as well as in some other traits of his character and genius. Like him,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor.21 The poem of ' Hudibras ' is one of those compositions of which a nation may justly boast, as... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...doubtful; the mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously narrated, and all that can be told with certainty is that he was poor." In this he resembled Burns, as well as in some other traits of his character and genius. Like him,... | |
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In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that... 
