The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
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... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated ARISTOTLE poetry réɣvn μuntikn , an imitative art ...
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated ARISTOTLE poetry réɣvn μuntikn , an imitative art ...
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... better taste ; If it take air before , its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of com- passes , it may be doubted whether absurdity or inge- nuity has better ...
... better taste ; If it take air before , its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of com- passes , it may be doubted whether absurdity or inge- nuity has better ...
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... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
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... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
... better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
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