The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... verse pomp , the poet began a new paragraph thus : " Now , Muse , let ' s sing of rats . " And what increased the ridicule was , that one of the company , who slyly overlooked the reader , perceived that the word had been originally ...
... verse pomp , the poet began a new paragraph thus : " Now , Muse , let ' s sing of rats . " And what increased the ridicule was , that one of the company , who slyly overlooked the reader , perceived that the word had been originally ...
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... verses in Dodsley's collection . His lady was the daughter of Mr. Hunter , Johnson's first schoolmaster . And now , for the first time , I had the pleasure of seeing his celebrated daughter , Miss Anna Seward , to whom I have since been ...
... verses in Dodsley's collection . His lady was the daughter of Mr. Hunter , Johnson's first schoolmaster . And now , for the first time , I had the pleasure of seeing his celebrated daughter , Miss Anna Seward , to whom I have since been ...
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... verses at the Grand Chartreux . ] I perceived that he had so warmly cher- ished the hope of enjoying classical scenes , that he could not easily part with the scheme ; for he said , " I shall probably con- trive to get to Italy some ...
... verses at the Grand Chartreux . ] I perceived that he had so warmly cher- ished the hope of enjoying classical scenes , that he could not easily part with the scheme ; for he said , " I shall probably con- trive to get to Italy some ...
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... verses upon Flatman , which I think by much too severe : " Nor that slow drudge in swift Pindarick strains , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded muse , whipt with loose reins . " I like to recollect all the ...
... verses upon Flatman , which I think by much too severe : " Nor that slow drudge in swift Pindarick strains , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded muse , whipt with loose reins . " I like to recollect all the ...
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... verse , and yet no poetry . Hudidras ' has a profusion of these ; yet it is not to be reckoned a poem . The Spleen , ' in Dods- ley's Collection , on which you say he chiefly rested , is not poetry . " BoSWELL . " Does not Gray's poetry ...
... verse , and yet no poetry . Hudidras ' has a profusion of these ; yet it is not to be reckoned a poem . The Spleen , ' in Dods- ley's Collection , on which you say he chiefly rested , is not poetry . " BoSWELL . " Does not Gray's poetry ...
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