The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similies , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . X In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by ...
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similies , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . X In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by ...
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... imitations supply its place . The Pindarick Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be erro ...
... imitations supply its place . The Pindarick Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be erro ...
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... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line ex- pressing loose ...
... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line ex- pressing loose ...
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... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them ; that this opinion is erroneous , may be proba- bly concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself ...
... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them ; that this opinion is erroneous , may be proba- bly concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself ...
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... imitation of Davenant shews him to have been well qualified . * In Grammont's Memoirs many circumstances are related , both of his marriage and his frenzy , very little favourable to his character . R. Of his more elevated occasional ...
... imitation of Davenant shews him to have been well qualified . * In Grammont's Memoirs many circumstances are related , both of his marriage and his frenzy , very little favourable to his character . R. Of his more elevated occasional ...
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