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Page 199
... allowed that the circum- stances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright images , and ...
... allowed that the circum- stances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright images , and ...
Page 244
... allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when there were several people alive in London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in " The Spectator . " He mentioned ...
... allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when there were several people alive in London , who enjoyed a considerable reputation merely from having written a paper in " The Spectator . " He mentioned ...
Page 356
... allow merit to a player . " JOHNSON . " Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? ” BosWELL . " No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can ...
... allow merit to a player . " JOHNSON . " Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? ” BosWELL . " No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can ...
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