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The poet e for a long time refused to submit his lines to the critical amputation of
the actor , and the latter was obliged to apply to Dr . Tay3 . lor to become a
mediator in the dispute . Johnson ' s pride at length gave way to alterations , but ...
The poet e for a long time refused to submit his lines to the critical amputation of
the actor , and the latter was obliged to apply to Dr . Tay3 . lor to become a
mediator in the dispute . Johnson ' s pride at length gave way to alterations , but ...
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This year he engaged to write a concise account of the Lives of the English Poets
, whose works were inserted in an ... His design was only to have allotted to every
poet an Advertisement , like that which we find in the French miscellanies ...
This year he engaged to write a concise account of the Lives of the English Poets
, whose works were inserted in an ... His design was only to have allotted to every
poet an Advertisement , like that which we find in the French miscellanies ...
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DICO In the selection of the poets he had no responsible concern ; but Blackmore
, Watts , Pomfret , and Yalden , were inserted by his recommendation ; and Mr .
Nichols tells us , he was frequently consulted during the printing of the collection
...
DICO In the selection of the poets he had no responsible concern ; but Blackmore
, Watts , Pomfret , and Yalden , were inserted by his recommendation ; and Mr .
Nichols tells us , he was frequently consulted during the printing of the collection
...
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As a poet , the merit of Johnson , though considerable , yet falls far short of that
which he has displayed in those provinces of literature in which we have already
surveyed him . As far as strength of expresfion , fruitfulness of invention , and ...
As a poet , the merit of Johnson , though considerable , yet falls far short of that
which he has displayed in those provinces of literature in which we have already
surveyed him . As far as strength of expresfion , fruitfulness of invention , and ...
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... or so energetically conveyed to the mind , as those of the Roman satirist ; but
his diction is less laboured and affected , and he flows in a stream of versification
scarcely less rapid and eloquent , but infinitely more smooth than the Latin poet .
... or so energetically conveyed to the mind , as those of the Roman satirist ; but
his diction is less laboured and affected , and he flows in a stream of versification
scarcely less rapid and eloquent , but infinitely more smooth than the Latin poet .
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