The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... POPE ( 2 ) was written by Johnson con amore , both from the early possession which ( 1 ) It seems to me , that there are many pathetic passages in Johnson's works , both prose and verse . — -KEARNEY.- The deep and pathetic morality of ...
... POPE ( 2 ) was written by Johnson con amore , both from the early possession which ( 1 ) It seems to me , that there are many pathetic passages in Johnson's works , both prose and verse . — -KEARNEY.- The deep and pathetic morality of ...
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... Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar- rowness of the definer ; though a definition which shall ...
... Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar- rowness of the definer ; though a definition which shall ...
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... the easiest , as well as the dullest , of all literary efforts . " - Warburton's Letters , publishes by Bp . Hurd , 8vo . 367. -- C. VOL . VIII . c have no wish to be carried forward . " He TAT . 72 . 17 POPE WARBURTON .
... the easiest , as well as the dullest , of all literary efforts . " - Warburton's Letters , publishes by Bp . Hurd , 8vo . 367. -- C. VOL . VIII . c have no wish to be carried forward . " He TAT . 72 . 17 POPE WARBURTON .
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... Pope's not having been known to excel in conversation , Johnson observes , that " tra- ditional memory retains no ... Pope differed widely from Johnson , whose conversation was , per- haps , more admirable than even his writings , how ...
... Pope's not having been known to excel in conversation , Johnson observes , that " tra- ditional memory retains no ... Pope differed widely from Johnson , whose conversation was , per- haps , more admirable than even his writings , how ...
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... Pope made was , " The young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and mischievous . " But although we have no collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not therefore to be ...
... Pope made was , " The young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and mischievous . " But although we have no collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not therefore to be ...
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