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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets - Page 381
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...Preface. with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 466 pages
...low, the Jearned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in •wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when distinctions came to be made, the part which gave the least pleasure was that which describes the Flying...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 406 pages
...received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder ; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 37

British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate, Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D

ARTHUR MURPHY - 1823 - 616 pages
...ceived with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the sec¿d could be made; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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The Select Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing the Whole of His ..., Volume 2

Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 pages
...received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made ; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder. No rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve Volumes ..., Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 420 pages
...avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made ; 28 SWIFT. it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder ; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open...
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The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters ..., Volume 11

Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 494 pages
...received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made: It was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was, for a while, lost in wonder. No rules of judgment were applied to a book written in...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 532 pages
...and low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgment were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity. But when distinctions came to be made, the part which gave the least pleasure was that which describes the flying...
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