The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 119
... observed were too gross for imitation . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have ...
... observed were too gross for imitation . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have ...
Page 170
... observed how well they were expressed . " This air of indifference , which imposed upon the worthy Dodsley , was certainly nothing but a specimen of that dissimulation which Lord Chesterfield inculcated as one of the most essential ...
... observed how well they were expressed . " This air of indifference , which imposed upon the worthy Dodsley , was certainly nothing but a specimen of that dissimulation which Lord Chesterfield inculcated as one of the most essential ...
Page 416
... observed , that the established clergy in general did not preach plain enough ; and that polished periods and glittering sentences flew over the heads of the common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be ...
... observed , that the established clergy in general did not preach plain enough ; and that polished periods and glittering sentences flew over the heads of the common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be ...
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