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The Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
The Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
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If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the
imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and
comparison are employed ; and , in the mass of materials which ingenious
absurdity has thrown ...
If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the
imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and
comparison are employed ; and , in the mass of materials which ingenious
absurdity has thrown ...
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He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend , the qualities of his
companion ; but , when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself ,
and diverts his sorrow by imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would
crackle in ...
He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend , the qualities of his
companion ; but , when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself ,
and diverts his sorrow by imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would
crackle in ...
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Sacred History has been always read with submissive reverence , and an
imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce
in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and to repose on its
veracity ...
Sacred History has been always read with submissive reverence , and an
imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce
in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and to repose on its
veracity ...
Page 36
... that lived and acted with manners uncommunicable ; so that it is difficult even
for imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related , and by
consequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention
be ...
... that lived and acted with manners uncommunicable ; so that it is difficult even
for imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related , and by
consequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention
be ...
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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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