The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... Poets " had appeared , in which his style was considerably easier , than when he wrote " The Rambler . " It would , therefore , have been uncandid in Blair , even supposing his criticism to have been just , to have preserv ed it ...
... Poets " had appeared , in which his style was considerably easier , than when he wrote " The Rambler . " It would , therefore , have been uncandid in Blair , even supposing his criticism to have been just , to have preserv ed it ...
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... poets , to which he was to write Prefaces . Dr. Taylor ( the only time I ever heard him say any thing witty ) 2 observed , that " if Rochester had been castrated him- self , his exceptionable poems would not have been writ- ten . " I ...
... poets , to which he was to write Prefaces . Dr. Taylor ( the only time I ever heard him say any thing witty ) 2 observed , that " if Rochester had been castrated him- self , his exceptionable poems would not have been writ- ten . " I ...
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... poet , though Virgil may have produced the finest po- em.2 Virgil was indebted to Homer for the whole in- vention of the structure of an epick poem , and for ma- ny of his beauties . " He told me , that Bacon was a favourite author with ...
... poet , though Virgil may have produced the finest po- em.2 Virgil was indebted to Homer for the whole in- vention of the structure of an epick poem , and for ma- ny of his beauties . " He told me , that Bacon was a favourite author with ...
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... poem , by an anonymous writer , in 1758 ; who , treating of pleasure in excess , says , " Till languor , suffering on the rack of bliss , Confess that man was never made for this . " " sir , it may sometimes be so as you suppose Etat ...
... poem , by an anonymous writer , in 1758 ; who , treating of pleasure in excess , says , " Till languor , suffering on the rack of bliss , Confess that man was never made for this . " " sir , it may sometimes be so as you suppose Etat ...
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... poets , preparing , for the publick instruction and entertain- ment , Prefaces , biographical and critical . It will ... poet tells us , that his Hermit quitted his cell -to know the world by sight , To find if books or swains report it ...
... poets , preparing , for the publick instruction and entertain- ment , Prefaces , biographical and critical . It will ... poet tells us , that his Hermit quitted his cell -to know the world by sight , To find if books or swains report it ...
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