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These two lines , if he can shew me any « sense or thought in , or any thing but
bom6 baft and noise , he shall make me believe every word in his observations
on Morocco 6 sense . “ In the Emprefs of Morocco were these 6 lines : " I'll travel ...
These two lines , if he can shew me any « sense or thought in , or any thing but
bom6 baft and noise , he shall make me believe every word in his observations
on Morocco 6 sense . “ In the Emprefs of Morocco were these 6 lines : " I'll travel ...
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Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is “ fixt , I cannot guess ; but wherever it is , os
I believe Almanzor , and think that all Ab“ dalla's subjects , piled upon one
another , might not pull down his fate sowell as with“ out piling : besides , I think ...
Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is “ fixt , I cannot guess ; but wherever it is , os
I believe Almanzor , and think that all Ab“ dalla's subjects , piled upon one
another , might not pull down his fate sowell as with“ out piling : besides , I think ...
Page 92
such as no man would confess ; and a crime that admits no proof , why should we
believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger
writers , and assuming the distribution of poetical famne ; but he who excels has
a ...
such as no man would confess ; and a crime that admits no proof , why should we
believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger
writers , and assuming the distribution of poetical famne ; but he who excels has
a ...
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The Alexandrine was , I believe , first used by Spenser , for the sake of closing his
stanza with a fuller sound . We had a longer measure of fourteen fyllables , into
which the Eneid was translated by Phaer , and other works of the ancients by ...
The Alexandrine was , I believe , first used by Spenser , for the sake of closing his
stanza with a fuller sound . We had a longer measure of fourteen fyllables , into
which the Eneid was translated by Phaer , and other works of the ancients by ...
Page 415
... since we have not heard « one word , since the play began , of her being 66 at
all out of harbour : and if we consider the 66 discourse with which she and Lucia
begin 66 the Act , we have reason to believe that they “ had hardly been talking ...
... since we have not heard « one word , since the play began , of her being 66 at
all out of harbour : and if we consider the 66 discourse with which she and Lucia
begin 66 the Act , we have reason to believe that they “ had hardly been talking ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 2 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1750 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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