The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... has to do is to live and die ; the sum of humanity is comprehended by Donne in the following lines : Think in how poor a prison thou didst lie ; After , enabled but to suck and cry . 3 Think , when ' twas grown to most , ' 34 COWLEY .
... has to do is to live and die ; the sum of humanity is comprehended by Donne in the following lines : Think in how poor a prison thou didst lie ; After , enabled but to suck and cry . 3 Think , when ' twas grown to most , ' 34 COWLEY .
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... , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing COWLEY . 41.
... , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing COWLEY . 41.
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Samuel Johnson. The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas ...
Samuel Johnson. The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas ...
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... lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son , If in Olympus top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show , If in Alpheus's silver flight , If in my verse thou take delight , My verse , great Rhea's son ...
... lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son , If in Olympus top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show , If in Alpheus's silver flight , If in my verse thou take delight , My verse , great Rhea's son ...
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... lines like these : But stop , my Muse- Hold thy Pindarick Pegasus closely in , Which does to rage begin— - ' Tis an unruly and a hard - mouth'd horse-ン " Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer 48 COWLEY .
... lines like these : But stop , my Muse- Hold thy Pindarick Pegasus closely in , Which does to rage begin— - ' Tis an unruly and a hard - mouth'd horse-ン " Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer 48 COWLEY .
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