The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... sentiments must be added the uncertainty and loose- ness of his measures . He takes the liberty of using in any place a verse of any length , from two syllables to twelve . The verses of Pindar have , as he observes , very little ...
... sentiments must be added the uncertainty and loose- ness of his measures . He takes the liberty of using in any place a verse of any length , from two syllables to twelve . The verses of Pindar have , as he observes , very little ...
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... sentiments . It happens , how- ever , that Tasso's description affords some reason for Rymer's censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi e fato e la natura Ministri humili , e ' l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line ...
... sentiments . It happens , how- ever , that Tasso's description affords some reason for Rymer's censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi e fato e la natura Ministri humili , e ' l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line ...
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... sentiments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself ; and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely that he always rejected a ...
... sentiments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself ; and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely that he always rejected a ...
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... sentiments will lose their efficacy , and they the most splendid , ideas drop their magnificence , if high expression for highly they are conveyed by words used commonly upon low and trivial occasions , debased by vulgar mouths , and ...
... sentiments will lose their efficacy , and they the most splendid , ideas drop their magnificence , if high expression for highly they are conveyed by words used commonly upon low and trivial occasions , debased by vulgar mouths , and ...
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... sentiments and images . It is not to be considered ... as the effusion of real passion ; for passion runs not after remote allusions and obscure opinions . Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy , nor calls upon Arethuse and ...
... sentiments and images . It is not to be considered ... as the effusion of real passion ; for passion runs not after remote allusions and obscure opinions . Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy , nor calls upon Arethuse and ...
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