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Page 51
Almost every piece had a dedication , written with such elegance and luxuriance
of praise , as neither haughtiness vor avarice could be imagined able to resist .
But he seems to have made flattery too cheap . That praise is worth nothing of ...
Almost every piece had a dedication , written with such elegance and luxuriance
of praise , as neither haughtiness vor avarice could be imagined able to resist .
But he seems to have made flattery too cheap . That praise is worth nothing of ...
Page 252
It is a scholar's play , such as may please the reader rather than the spectator ;
the work of a vigorous and elegant mind , accustomed to please itself with its own
conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells us , in
...
It is a scholar's play , such as may please the reader rather than the spectator ;
the work of a vigorous and elegant mind , accustomed to please itself with its own
conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells us , in
...
Page 336
Praife must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be
denied to be vigorous and elegant : : Having yet no public employment , he
obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be
enabled ...
Praife must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be
denied to be vigorous and elegant : : Having yet no public employment , he
obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be
enabled ...
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 396
The whole drama is airy and elegant ; engaging in its process , and pleasing in
its conclusion . If Addison had cultivated the lighter parts of poetry , he would
probably have excelled . The tragedy of Cato , which , contrary to the rule
observed in ...
The whole drama is airy and elegant ; engaging in its process , and pleasing in
its conclusion . If Addison had cultivated the lighter parts of poetry , he would
probably have excelled . The tragedy of Cato , which , contrary to the rule
observed in ...
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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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