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... admiration is the wish to admire " ; but Johnson is the last man to flatter a patron as such . " Many a blandishment ... admirable Life of Dr. Johnson , Macaulay briefly describes the Lives of the Poets : " The Lives of the Poets are ...
... admiration is the wish to admire " ; but Johnson is the last man to flatter a patron as such . " Many a blandishment ... admirable Life of Dr. Johnson , Macaulay briefly describes the Lives of the Poets : " The Lives of the Poets are ...
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... admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; the total ...
... admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; the total ...
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... admiration had subsided , the translation was more coolly examined , and found , like all others , to be sometimes erroneous , and sometimes licentious . Those who could find faults thought they could avoid them ; and Dr. Brady ...
... admiration had subsided , the translation was more coolly examined , and found , like all others , to be sometimes erroneous , and sometimes licentious . Those who could find faults thought they could avoid them ; and Dr. Brady ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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