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Page 34
... and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary .
... and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary .
Page 127
But original deficience cannot be supplied . The want of human interest is always felt . Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer ...
But original deficience cannot be supplied . The want of human interest is always felt . Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer ...
Page 321
... the reader may be weary , though the critick may commend . Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain , which the reader DRYDEN 321.
... the reader may be weary , though the critick may commend . Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain , which the reader DRYDEN 321.
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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 |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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