The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of ...
... poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of ...
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... poetry ; and all will determine that if this be the old Theban strain , it is not worthy of revival . To the disproportion and incongruity of Cowley's sentiments must be added the uncertainty and loose- ness of his measures . He takes ...
... poetry ; and all will determine that if this be the old Theban strain , it is not worthy of revival . To the disproportion and incongruity of Cowley's sentiments must be added the uncertainty and loose- ness of his measures . He takes ...
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... poet with the cri- tick , or to conceive how that can be the highest kind of writing in verse which , according to ... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like ...
... poet with the cri- tick , or to conceive how that can be the highest kind of writing in verse which , according to ... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like ...
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... poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much ... poet . -He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : COWLEY . 61.
... poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much ... poet . -He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : COWLEY . 61.
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... poetry , may be applied to these composi- tions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are natural , and his style has a smooth and placid equability , which has never yet ...
... poetry , may be applied to these composi- tions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are natural , and his style has a smooth and placid equability , which has never yet ...
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