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Page 159
The use of it by adaptation was innocent ; and they who could so noisily censure
it , with a little extension of their malice could contrive what they wanted to accuse
. King Charles the Second , being now sheltered in Holland , employed ...
The use of it by adaptation was innocent ; and they who could so noisily censure
it , with a little extension of their malice could contrive what they wanted to accuse
. King Charles the Second , being now sheltered in Holland , employed ...
Page 265
Through all his greater works there prevails an uniform peculiarity of Diction , a
mode and cast of expression which bears little resemblance to that of any former
writer , and which is so far removed froin common use , that an unlearned reader
...
Through all his greater works there prevails an uniform peculiarity of Diction , a
mode and cast of expression which bears little resemblance to that of any former
writer , and which is so far removed froin common use , that an unlearned reader
...
Page 315
... be deceived himself ; and here is , on the other haud , a miracle which
produces no effect ; the order of nature is interrupted to discover not a future but
only a distant event , the knowledge of which is of no use to him to whom it is
revealed .
... be deceived himself ; and here is , on the other haud , a miracle which
produces no effect ; the order of nature is interrupted to discover not a future but
only a distant event , the knowledge of which is of no use to him to whom it is
revealed .
Page 458
I have known men row , and use very hard labour , for diversion , which if they
had been tied to , they would have thought themselves very unhappy . : But to
return to Blenheim , that work fo much admired by fome , and censured by others
.
I have known men row , and use very hard labour , for diversion , which if they
had been tied to , they would have thought themselves very unhappy . : But to
return to Blenheim , that work fo much admired by fome , and censured by others
.
Page 460
His style is particular , because he lays aside rhyme , and writes in blank verse ,
and uses old words , and frequently postpones the ad . jective to the substantive ,
and the substantive to the verb ; and leaves out little particles , a , and the ; her ...
His style is particular , because he lays aside rhyme , and writes in blank verse ,
and uses old words , and frequently postpones the ad . jective to the substantive ,
and the substantive to the verb ; and leaves out little particles , a , and the ; her ...
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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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