The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , of whom any remem- brance can be said to remain , were Suckling ...
... lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , of whom any remem- brance can be said to remain , were Suckling ...
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... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have something in them too scholastick , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not past nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and ...
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have something in them too scholastick , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not past nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and ...
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... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again . On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
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Samuel Johnson. Who would imagine it possible that in a very few lines so many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , Love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my she advowson fly Incumbency ? To sell ...
Samuel Johnson. Who would imagine it possible that in a very few lines so many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , Love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my she advowson fly Incumbency ? To sell ...
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... lines there Here buds an L , and there a B , Here spouts a V , and there a T , grows : And all the flourishing letters stand in rows . COWLEY . As they sought only for novelty , they did not much enquire whether their allusions were to ...
... lines there Here buds an L , and there a B , Here spouts a V , and there a T , grows : And all the flourishing letters stand in rows . COWLEY . As they sought only for novelty , they did not much enquire whether their allusions were to ...
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