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Page 19
Now to dith up the poet's broth , that * I promised : For when we're dead , and our
freed souls enlarg'a , Of nature's grösser burden we're discharg'd , Then gently ,
as a happy lover's sigh , Like wand'ring meteors through the air we'll fly , And in ...
Now to dith up the poet's broth , that * I promised : For when we're dead , and our
freed souls enlarg'a , Of nature's grösser burden we're discharg'd , Then gently ,
as a happy lover's sigh , Like wand'ring meteors through the air we'll fly , And in ...
Page 138
For as in nature's swiftness , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is borne
along , All seems at rest to the deluded cye , Mov'd by the soul of the same
harmony : So carry'd on by your unwearied care , We rest in peace , and yet in
motion ...
For as in nature's swiftness , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is borne
along , All seems at rest to the deluded cye , Mov'd by the soul of the same
harmony : So carry'd on by your unwearied care , We rest in peace , and yet in
motion ...
Page 297
Of his other compositions it is impossible to say whether they ärę . the
productions of Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art so
refined as to resemble Nature . This criticisin relates only to the pieces published
by Pope .
Of his other compositions it is impossible to say whether they ärę . the
productions of Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art so
refined as to resemble Nature . This criticisin relates only to the pieces published
by Pope .
Page 426
... considering the fundamental position of his criticism , that Chevy - Chase
pleases , and ought to please , because it is natural , observes , " that there is a
66 way of deviating from nature , by bombast 66 or tumour , which soars above
nature ...
... considering the fundamental position of his criticism , that Chevy - Chase
pleases , and ought to please , because it is natural , observes , " that there is a
66 way of deviating from nature , by bombast 66 or tumour , which soars above
nature ...
Page 427
... and on the Pleasures of Imagination , in which he founds art on the base of
nature , and draws the principles of invention from dispositions inherent in the
mind of man with skill and elegance , such as his contemners will not easily attain
.
... and on the Pleasures of Imagination , in which he founds art on the base of
nature , and draws the principles of invention from dispositions inherent in the
mind of man with skill and elegance , such as his contemners will not easily attain
.
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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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