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... thought himself in- jured , he knew how to complain . In the life . of Plutarch he mentions his education in the College with gratitude ; but , in a prologue at Oxford , he has thefe lines : Oxford to him a dearer name fhall be Than his ...
... thought himself in- jured , he knew how to complain . In the life . of Plutarch he mentions his education in the College with gratitude ; but , in a prologue at Oxford , he has thefe lines : Oxford to him a dearer name fhall be Than his ...
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... thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with " elocution . ' It is written in quatrains , or heroic ftan- zas of four lines ; a meafure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ...
... thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with " elocution . ' It is written in quatrains , or heroic ftan- zas of four lines ; a meafure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ...
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... a fancy , that nothing " was propofed to him in which he could . " not fuddenly produce a thought extremely 66 pleafant and furprifing ; and those first " thoughts # 州 66 " thoughts of his , contrary to the DRY DE N. 13.
... a fancy , that nothing " was propofed to him in which he could . " not fuddenly produce a thought extremely 66 pleafant and furprifing ; and those first " thoughts # 州 66 " thoughts of his , contrary to the DRY DE N. 13.
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Samuel Johnson. 州 66 " thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy , " and as his fancy was quick , so likewise " were the products of it remote and new . 66 " He borrowed not of any other , and his ...
Samuel Johnson. 州 66 " thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy , " and as his fancy was quick , so likewise " were the products of it remote and new . 66 " He borrowed not of any other , and his ...
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... thought , which he can never " fashion into wit or English . His ftyle is " boisterous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incorrigibly lewd , and his numbers perpe- " tually harsh and ill - founding . The little " talent which he has , is ...
... thought , which he can never " fashion into wit or English . His ftyle is " boisterous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incorrigibly lewd , and his numbers perpe- " tually harsh and ill - founding . The little " talent which he has , is ...
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