The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
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... written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , ” though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
... written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , ” though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
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... written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two ...
... written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two ...
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... written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
... written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
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... written about that time on the choice of a Laureat ; a mode of satire , by which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making ...
... written about that time on the choice of a Laureat ; a mode of satire , by which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making ...
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