The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... readers , and perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own perceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy and ignorance are content to style the Learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind ...
... readers , and perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own perceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy and ignorance are content to style the Learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind ...
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... reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , 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 ...
... reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , 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 ...
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... supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it 46 COWLEY .
... supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it 46 COWLEY .
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... reader must , in mere jus- tice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the ...
... reader must , in mere jus- tice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the ...
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Samuel Johnson. " Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too that sits not sure . The fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ...
Samuel Johnson. " Twill no unskilful touch endure , But flings writer and reader too that sits not sure . The fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ...
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