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Page 14
He borrowed not of any other , and his “ imaginations were such as could not
easily “ enter into any other man . " The effect produced by the conjunction of &
these two powerful minds was , that to Shakspeare's monster Caliban is added a
filter ...
He borrowed not of any other , and his “ imaginations were such as could not
easily “ enter into any other man . " The effect produced by the conjunction of &
these two powerful minds was , that to Shakspeare's monster Caliban is added a
filter ...
Page 123
He who writes much will not casily escape a manner , such a recurrence of
particular modes as may be easily noted . Dryden is always another and the
same ; lie does not exhibit a second time the same elegances in the same form ,
nor a ...
He who writes much will not casily escape a manner , such a recurrence of
particular modes as may be easily noted . Dryden is always another and the
same ; lie does not exhibit a second time the same elegances in the same form ,
nor a ...
Page 312
The fable is drawn from an obscure and barbarous age , to which fictions are
more easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they
easily take forms from imagination . The scene lies among our anceitors in our
own ...
The fable is drawn from an obscure and barbarous age , to which fictions are
more easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they
easily take forms from imagination . The scene lies among our anceitors in our
own ...
Page 384
Among those friends it was that Addison displayed the elegance of his colloquial
accomplishments , which may easily be supposed such as Pope represents them
. The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an evening in his ...
Among those friends it was that Addison displayed the elegance of his colloquial
accomplishments , which may easily be supposed such as Pope represents them
. The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an evening in his ...
Page 425
When he shewed them their defects , he shewed them likewise that they might be
easily supplied . His attempt succeeded ; enquiry was awakened , and
comprehension expanded . An emulation of intellectual ele . gance was excited ,
and ...
When he shewed them their defects , he shewed them likewise that they might be
easily supplied . His attempt succeeded ; enquiry was awakened , and
comprehension expanded . An emulation of intellectual ele . gance was excited ,
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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