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To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations ...
To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations ...
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... that he is perhaps the only correct writer in verse before Addison ; and that , if there are not so many or so great beauties in his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer faults .
... that he is perhaps the only correct writer in verse before Addison ; and that , if there are not so many or so great beauties in his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer faults .
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One was , that the wind of a cannon - bullet , though flying never so near , is in- capable of doing the least harm ; and , indeed , were it otherwise , no man above deck would escape . The other was , that a great shot may be sometimes ...
One was , that the wind of a cannon - bullet , though flying never so near , is in- capable of doing the least harm ; and , indeed , were it otherwise , no man above deck would escape . The other was , that a great shot may be sometimes ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of Oxford world's classics Issues 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1952 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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