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Page 32
To write on their plan , it was at last necessary to read and think . No man could
be born a metaphysical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions
copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by trailitional ...
To write on their plan , it was at last necessary to read and think . No man could
be born a metaphysical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions
copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by trailitional ...
Page 76
If the Pindarick style be , what Cowley thinks it , the highest and noblest kind of
writing in verse , it can be adapted only to ... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught
the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar .
If the Pindarick style be , what Cowley thinks it , the highest and noblest kind of
writing in verse , it can be adapted only to ... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught
the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar .
Page 447
For no modest men ( as the person I write of was in perfection ) will write their
own panegyricks ; and it is very hard that they should go without reputation , only
because they the more deserve it . The end of writing Lives is for the imitation of
the ...
For no modest men ( as the person I write of was in perfection ) will write their
own panegyricks ; and it is very hard that they should go without reputation , only
because they the more deserve it . The end of writing Lives is for the imitation of
the ...
Page 453
Samuel Johnson. would take but little pleasure in language , which he would
think it hard to be accosted in , or in reading words which he could not pronounce
without blushing . The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired , because , to
write ...
Samuel Johnson. would take but little pleasure in language , which he would
think it hard to be accosted in , or in reading words which he could not pronounce
without blushing . The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired , because , to
write ...
Page 458
This . induced me to believe that Virgil defired his . work might be burnt , had not
the same Aus .. gustus , that desired him to write them , preserved them from
destruction . A scribbling beau may imagine a Poet may be induced to write , by
the ...
This . induced me to believe that Virgil defired his . work might be burnt , had not
the same Aus .. gustus , that desired him to write them , preserved them from
destruction . A scribbling beau may imagine a Poet may be induced to write , by
the ...
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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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