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This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as
merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the
manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect
Cowley ...
This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as
merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the
manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect
Cowley ...
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... of Dr. Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war were yet recent , and
the minds of either party were easily irritated , was obliged to pass over many
transactions in general expressions , and to leave curiositư often unsatisfied .
... of Dr. Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war were yet recent , and
the minds of either party were easily irritated , was obliged to pass over many
transactions in general expressions , and to leave curiositư often unsatisfied .
Page 12
If wit be well described by Pope , as being “ that which has been often thought ,
but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever
sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were ...
If wit be well described by Pope , as being “ that which has been often thought ,
but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever
sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were ...
Page 14
... in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together ,
genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in
grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as ,
when ...
... in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together ,
genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in
grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as ,
when ...
Page 21
DONNE , Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and
such as no figures or license can reconcile to the understanding . A Lover neither
Dead nor Alive . Then down I laid my head Down on cold earth ; and for a while ...
DONNE , Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and
such as no figures or license can reconcile to the understanding . A Lover neither
Dead nor Alive . Then down I laid my head Down on cold earth ; and for a while ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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