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His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill read , the art of reading them is at present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to ...
His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill read , the art of reading them is at present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to ...
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The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless thought rightly ; but the event has not shewn that they fixed it ; for the French of the present time is very different from that of the last century .
The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless thought rightly ; but the event has not shewn that they fixed it ; for the French of the present time is very different from that of the last century .
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Our present writers are by these wretches reduced to the same condition Virgil was , when the centurion seized on his estate . But I don't doubt but I can fix upon the Maecenas of the present age , that will retrieve them from it .
Our present writers are by these wretches reduced to the same condition Virgil was , when the centurion seized on his estate . But I don't doubt but I can fix upon the Maecenas of the present age , that will retrieve them from it .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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