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Page 98
To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admonitions
than criticisms , he makes little reply ; being , at the age of sixty - eight , attentive
to better things than the claps of a playhouse . He complains of Collier's rudeness
...
To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admonitions
than criticisms , he makes little reply ; being , at the age of sixty - eight , attentive
to better things than the claps of a playhouse . He complains of Collier's rudeness
...
Page 146
Which he is constrained to explain in a note by a inore exact measure of
longitude . " It had better become Dryden's learning and genius to have laboured
science into poetry , and have . Thewn , by explaining longitude , that verse did
not ...
Which he is constrained to explain in a note by a inore exact measure of
longitude . " It had better become Dryden's learning and genius to have laboured
science into poetry , and have . Thewn , by explaining longitude , that verse did
not ...
Page 148
The expression “ All was the Night's " is taken from Seneca , who remarks on
Virgil's line , Omnia noctis erant , placida composia quiete , that he might have
concluded better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and ...
The expression “ All was the Night's " is taken from Seneca , who remarks on
Virgil's line , Omnia noctis erant , placida composia quiete , that he might have
concluded better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and ...
Page 229
... that the habit grew upon him , and the series of meditation and reflection being
kept up whole weeks together , he could better fort his ideas , and take in the
sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confufion .
... that the habit grew upon him , and the series of meditation and reflection being
kept up whole weeks together , he could better fort his ideas , and take in the
sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confufion .
Page 232
And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing
vanity made him enemies , yet the better part of mankind were obliged by the
freedom of his reflections . His Bodleian Speech , though taken from a remote
and ...
And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing
vanity made him enemies , yet the better part of mankind were obliged by the
freedom of his reflections . His Bodleian Speech , though taken from a remote
and ...
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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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