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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 440
by Walter Scott - 1834
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PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL TO THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS.

SAMUEL JOHNSON - 1781 - 254 pages
...peculiar, that it muft be confidered by itfelf; what is true of .that, is sot true of any thing clfe which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in fimplicity. That he has...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English ..., Volume 58

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 248 pages
...peculiar, tliat it mutt be confidered by itfelf; what is• true of that, is not true of any thing elfe which he has written.. In his other works. is found an equable trnour' of eafy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in fim-' plicity. That...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...peculiar, that it muft be confidered by itfelf; what is true of that, is not true of any thing elfe which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language, which rather tricklesthan flows. His delight was in fimplicity. That he has...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden ..., Volumes 3-4

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 602 pages
...peculiar, that It muft be confidered by itfelf ; what is true of that, is not true of any thing elfe which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in fimplicity. That he has...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1790 - 332 pages
...peculiar, that it muft be confidered by itfelf ; what is true of that, is not true of any thing elfe which he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of eafy language, which rather trickles thanflows. His delight was in fimplicity. That he has...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts ...

1794 - 954 pages
...peculiar, that it muft be conudercd by itfelf : What is true of that, is not true of zny thing clfc which he has written. " In his other works, is found an equable tenour of eafy language, which rather trickle« than flow-«. His delight was in fimplicity. That he...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. , It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar,...what is true of that, is not true of any thing else Tfhich he has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather...
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Letters. Index

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterward never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar,...has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pages
...of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterward never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar,...has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 414 pages
...of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterward never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar,...has written. In his other works is found an equable tenour of easy language, which rather trickles than flows. His delight was in simplicity. That he has...
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