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... of whose acquaintance all his cotemporaries seem to have been ambitious ;
and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy ... having neither the facility of a popular
nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected .
... of whose acquaintance all his cotemporaries seem to have been ambitious ;
and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy ... having neither the facility of a popular
nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected .
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The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and
effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet
of an " airy nothing , ” and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have
learned ...
The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and
effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet
of an " airy nothing , ” and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have
learned ...
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... they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance ,
and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by
flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice .
... they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance ,
and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by
flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice .
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This year he published his poems , with a preface , in which he seems to have
inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to
denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this preface he declares , that " his
desire ...
This year he published his poems , with a preface , in which he seems to have
inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to
denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this preface he declares , that " his
desire ...
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... his bondsman ; that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but
by his friend ' s permission . Of the verses on Oliver ' s death , in which Wood ' s
narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance
.
... his bondsman ; that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but
by his friend ' s permission . Of the verses on Oliver ' s death , in which Wood ' s
narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance
.
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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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