The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... manner , that instead of prefaces to each poet , of no more than a few pages , as he had originally in- tended ( 1 ) , he produced an ample , rich , and most - • And Homer which are printed in the Lives of the Poets . now , ' said he ...
... manner , that instead of prefaces to each poet , of no more than a few pages , as he had originally in- tended ( 1 ) , he produced an ample , rich , and most - • And Homer which are printed in the Lives of the Poets . now , ' said he ...
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... manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poet ( 2 ) , that ...
... manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poet ( 2 ) , that ...
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... manners the writer of the present work has felt himself much impressed , and to whose virtues a common friend , who has known him long and is not much addicted to flattery , gives the highest testimony . Various Readings in the Life of ...
... manners the writer of the present work has felt himself much impressed , and to whose virtues a common friend , who has known him long and is not much addicted to flattery , gives the highest testimony . Various Readings in the Life of ...
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... manner in which he expressed his admiration of the fertility of War- burton's genius and of the variety of his materials , was , " The table is always full , Sir . He brings things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter ...
... manner in which he expressed his admiration of the fertility of War- burton's genius and of the variety of his materials , was , " The table is always full , Sir . He brings things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter ...
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... to go forward . " He wrote in such a manner as might expose him to few [ neglects ] hazards . " The [ reasonableness ] justice of my determination . " A [ favourite ] delicious employment of the poets ÆFAT . 72 . 21 POPE .
... to go forward . " He wrote in such a manner as might expose him to few [ neglects ] hazards . " The [ reasonableness ] justice of my determination . " A [ favourite ] delicious employment of the poets ÆFAT . 72 . 21 POPE .
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