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" Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing ; The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. "
Works - Page 272
by Samuel Johnson - 1811
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the works of samuel johnson

1823
...Sir Joshua Reynolds. C. which can be ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical...licences which an easy writer must decline ; Achilles 1 wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurTd...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...Sir Joshua Reynolds. C. which can be ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical...of many licences which an easy writer must decline ; Achilles1 wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing, The wrath...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 33-34

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 690 pages
...longer easy. Any epithet which can be ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical,...speech, destroy the grace of easy poetry. The first Hues of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licences which an easy writer must decline : Achilles'...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 27-28

British essayists - 1823 - 762 pages
...longer easy. Any epithet which can be ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual though not ungrammatical structure of speech , destroy the grace of of easy poetry. The first lines of Pope's Illiad afford examples of many licences which an easy writer...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 548 pages
...longer easy. Any epithet which can be ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual though not ungrammatical...first lines of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licenses which an easy writer must decline : Achilles' wrath to Greece the direful spring, Of woes...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 488 pages
...which can be ° By Sir Joshua Reynolds.. ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical...Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing; The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 610 pages
...which can be '' By Sir Joshua Reynolds. ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical...licences which an easy writer must decline : Achilles' rvrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing; The wrath which hurl'd...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: The Adventurer and Idler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not uugrammatical structure of speech, destroy the grace of easy poetry....Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing; The wrath which hurfd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: The Adventurer and Idler

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrummatical structure of speech, destroy the grace of easy poetry....Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing; The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 510 pages
...longer easy. Any epithet which can be ejected without diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical...first lines of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licenses, which an easy writer must decline. Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes...
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