The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetick , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to ...
... considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetick , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to ...
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... considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pan- cirolus might have counted in his list of the lost inventions of antiquity , and which he has made a bold and vigorous attempt to recover . The purpose with which he has ...
... considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pan- cirolus might have counted in his list of the lost inventions of antiquity , and which he has made a bold and vigorous attempt to recover . The purpose with which he has ...
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... considered ; a poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of de- claring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part ...
... considered ; a poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of de- claring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part ...
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... considered as of unrivalled excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and ...
... considered as of unrivalled excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and ...
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... considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the no- blest mien , or most graceful action ...
... considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the no- blest mien , or most graceful action ...
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