The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... various knowledge ; as he never could have dif- played his collections in fo lively a man- ner , had he not poffeffed a very pictu- refque imagination , or , in other words , A j had he not had a very happy turn for poetry [ 7 ]
... various knowledge ; as he never could have dif- played his collections in fo lively a man- ner , had he not poffeffed a very pictu- refque imagination , or , in other words , A j had he not had a very happy turn for poetry [ 7 ]
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... poetry , as well as for humour and for wit . This lively and ingenious biographer , is now beyond the reach of praise or cen- fure . He died at London , May 19 , 1795 , in the 55th year of his age . His death is an irreparable lofs to ...
... poetry , as well as for humour and for wit . This lively and ingenious biographer , is now beyond the reach of praise or cen- fure . He died at London , May 19 , 1795 , in the 55th year of his age . His death is an irreparable lofs to ...
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... poet with leaves and flow- ers ; for how fhould a child of three years old make regular verfes , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is fufficient to counterbalance any teftimony that these verfes could be the production of a ...
... poet with leaves and flow- ers ; for how fhould a child of three years old make regular verfes , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is fufficient to counterbalance any teftimony that these verfes could be the production of a ...
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... poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner seemed ftrange to them ; but he behaved modeftly , and fat filent , till , upon fomething which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in , and quoted Macrobius ...
... poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner seemed ftrange to them ; but he behaved modeftly , and fat filent , till , upon fomething which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in , and quoted Macrobius ...
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... poetry and romances of chi- valry . He read Shakspeare at a period fo early , that the fpeech of the ghost in " Hamlet " terrified him when he was alone . Horace's odes were the compofi- tions he most liked in early life ; but it [ 22 ]
... poetry and romances of chi- valry . He read Shakspeare at a period fo early , that the fpeech of the ghost in " Hamlet " terrified him when he was alone . Horace's odes were the compofi- tions he most liked in early life ; but it [ 22 ]
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