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... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
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... labour was The Old Bachelor , of which he says , in his defence against Collier , comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in ...
... labour was The Old Bachelor , of which he says , in his defence against Collier , comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in ...
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... labour and much thought , was re- ceived with so little favour , that being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased ...
... labour and much thought , was re- ceived with so little favour , that being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased ...
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... corrected and revised from another impression , " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters , and wrote a poem on BANK BLACKMORE.NAR 47.
... corrected and revised from another impression , " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters , and wrote a poem on BANK BLACKMORE.NAR 47.
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... labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to ...
... labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English poets Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation RICHARD HAKLUYT ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey write written wrote