The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... praise . If want of skill or want of care appear , Forbear to hiss ; -the poet cannot hear . By all , like him , must praise and blame be found , At last , a fleeting gleam , or empty sound ; Yet then shall calm reflection bless the ...
... praise . If want of skill or want of care appear , Forbear to hiss ; -the poet cannot hear . By all , like him , must praise and blame be found , At last , a fleeting gleam , or empty sound ; Yet then shall calm reflection bless the ...
Page 275
... praise , when contrasted with the preceding panegyrick , - " and diminished the publick stock of harmless pleasure ! " - " Is not harmless pleasure very tame ? " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , harmless pleasure is the highest praise . Pleasure ...
... praise , when contrasted with the preceding panegyrick , - " and diminished the publick stock of harmless pleasure ! " - " Is not harmless pleasure very tame ? " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , harmless pleasure is the highest praise . Pleasure ...
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... praise I took the liberty to say , that I thought there might be very high praise given to a known character which deserved it , and therefore it would not be exaggerated . Thus , one might say of Mr. Edmund Burke , he is a very ...
... praise I took the liberty to say , that I thought there might be very high praise given to a known character which deserved it , and therefore it would not be exaggerated . Thus , one might say of Mr. Edmund Burke , he is a very ...
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