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To the subject , thus originally indisposed to the recep- tion of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity . Nothing can be more disgusting than a narrative spangled with ...
To the subject , thus originally indisposed to the recep- tion of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity . Nothing can be more disgusting than a narrative spangled with ...
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He was skil- ful in many languages , and had by reading and composi- tion attained the full mastery of his own . He would have wanted little help from books , had he retained the power of perusing them . But while his greater designs ...
He was skil- ful in many languages , and had by reading and composi- tion attained the full mastery of his own . He would have wanted little help from books , had he retained the power of perusing them . But while his greater designs ...
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... magisterially presiding over the younger writers , and assuming the distribution of poetical fame ; but he who excels has a right to teach , and he whose judgement is incontestable may , without usurpa- tion , examine and decide .
... magisterially presiding over the younger writers , and assuming the distribution of poetical fame ; but he who excels has a right to teach , and he whose judgement is incontestable may , without usurpa- tion , examine and decide .
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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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