The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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Page 64
... heroick 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 ...
... heroick 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 ...
Page 69
... heroick of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
... heroick of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
Page 116
... heroick poem , written by Sir Richard Blackmore . H. + Trinity College . R. The dramas in which Justice , Mercy , Faith , & c . were in- troduced , were Moralities , not Mysteries . MALOne . Labour , Eve . Sickness , Conscience ...
... heroick poem , written by Sir Richard Blackmore . H. + Trinity College . R. The dramas in which Justice , Mercy , Faith , & c . were in- troduced , were Moralities , not Mysteries . MALOne . Labour , Eve . Sickness , Conscience ...
Page 131
... heroick poesy . † * This opinion is , with great learning and ingenuity , refuted in a book now very little known , " An Apology or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World , " by Dr. George Hakewill ...
... heroick poesy . † * This opinion is , with great learning and ingenuity , refuted in a book now very little known , " An Apology or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World , " by Dr. George Hakewill ...
Page 144
... heroick stature , but rather below the middle size , according to Mr. Richardson , who mentions him as having narrowly escaped from being short and thick . He was vigorous and active , and delighted in the exercise of the sword , in ...
... heroick stature , but rather below the middle size , according to Mr. Richardson , who mentions him as having narrowly escaped from being short and thick . He was vigorous and active , and delighted in the exercise of the sword , in ...
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