The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they surpass him in poetry . , WIT If wit be well described by Pope , as C 2 COWLEY . 19.
... be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they surpass him in poetry . , WIT If wit be well described by Pope , as C 2 COWLEY . 19.
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... confessed of these writers , that if they are upon common subjects often unne- cessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scho- lastick speculation can be properly admitted , their copiousness and acuteness may justly be admired ...
... confessed of these writers , that if they are upon common subjects often unne- cessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scho- lastick speculation can be properly admitted , their copiousness and acuteness may justly be admired ...
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... confessed to have miscarried . There are not many examples of so great a work , produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with so little regard . nifici Operis Encæniis . Recitatum ...
... confessed to have miscarried . There are not many examples of so great a work , produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with so little regard . nifici Operis Encæniis . Recitatum ...
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... confessed with- out disgrace . Milton was not a man who could be- come mean by a mean employment . This , however , his warmest friends seem not to have found ; they . therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell litera- ture to all ...
... confessed with- out disgrace . Milton was not a man who could be- come mean by a mean employment . This , however , his warmest friends seem not to have found ; they . therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell litera- ture to all ...
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... confession ; such are the things atchieved by you , the greatest and most glorious of our coun- trymen , the director of our public councils , the leader of unconquered armies , the father of your country ; * It may be doubted whether ...
... confession ; such are the things atchieved by you , the greatest and most glorious of our coun- trymen , the director of our public councils , the leader of unconquered armies , the father of your country ; * It may be doubted whether ...
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