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Page 180
The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other example ,
declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his father's wrongs : and
promised to admit into the Act of Oblivion all , except those whom the parliament
should ...
The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other example ,
declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his father's wrongs : and
promised to admit into the Act of Oblivion all , except those whom the parliament
should ...
Page 188
Samuel Johnson. finished his dispute with the defenders of the king . He long
had promised to adorn his native country by some great performance , while he
had yet perhaps no settled design , and was stimulated only by such
expectations as ...
Samuel Johnson. finished his dispute with the defenders of the king . He long
had promised to adorn his native country by some great performance , while he
had yet perhaps no settled design , and was stimulated only by such
expectations as ...
Page 195
Of his artifices of study , or particular hours of composition , we have litele
accounts and there was perhaps little to be told . Richardson , who seems to
have been very diligent in his enquiries , but discovers always a wish to find
Milton ...
Of his artifices of study , or particular hours of composition , we have litele
accounts and there was perhaps little to be told . Richardson , who seems to
have been very diligent in his enquiries , but discovers always a wish to find
Milton ...
Page 245
There is perhaps no poem , of the same length , from which fo little can be taken
without apparent mutilation . Here are no funeral games , nor is there any long
description of a thield . The short digressions at the beginning of the third ,
seventh ...
There is perhaps no poem , of the same length , from which fo little can be taken
without apparent mutilation . Here are no funeral games , nor is there any long
description of a thield . The short digressions at the beginning of the third ,
seventh ...
Page 346
Perhaps by traditions preserved in families more may be discovered . From the
verses written at Penthurst , it has been collected that he diverted his
disappointment by a voyage ; and his biographers , from his poeen on the
Whales , think it not ...
Perhaps by traditions preserved in families more may be discovered . From the
verses written at Penthurst , it has been collected that he diverted his
disappointment by a voyage ; and his biographers , from his poeen on the
Whales , think it not ...
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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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