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Page 149
The university , in 66 the time of her better health , and my “ younger judgement , I
never greatly admired , 66 but now much less . " This is surely the language of a
man who thinks that he has been injured . He proceeds to describe the course ...
The university , in 66 the time of her better health , and my “ younger judgement , I
never greatly admired , 66 but now much less . " This is surely the language of a
man who thinks that he has been injured . He proceeds to describe the course ...
Page 269
But , whatever be the advantage of rhyme , I cannot prevail on myself to wish that
Milton had been a rhymer ; for I cannot wish his work to be other than it is ; yet ,
like other heroes , he is to be admired rather thani imitated , imitated . He that ...
But , whatever be the advantage of rhyme , I cannot prevail on myself to wish that
Milton had been a rhymer ; for I cannot wish his work to be other than it is ; yet ,
like other heroes , he is to be admired rather thani imitated , imitated . He that ...
Page 277
When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers
studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for
the golden shower which was to fall upon the author , who certainly was not ...
When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers
studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for
the golden shower which was to fall upon the author , who certainly was not ...
Page 453
The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired , because , to write it , the author
must be master of two of the most different talents in nature . A talent to find out
and expose what is ridiculous , is very different from that which is to raise , and ...
The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired , because , to write it , the author
must be master of two of the most different talents in nature . A talent to find out
and expose what is ridiculous , is very different from that which is to raise , and ...
Page 458
But to return to Blenheim , that work fo much admired by fome , and censured by
others . I have often wished he had wrote it in Latin , that he might be out of the
reach : of the empty criticks , who could have as little understood his meaning in ...
But to return to Blenheim , that work fo much admired by fome , and censured by
others . I have often wished he had wrote it in Latin , that he might be out of the
reach : of the empty criticks , who could have as little understood his meaning in ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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