The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poetsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the end is
to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of
gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blaine upon his judges , and to.
... even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the end is
to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of
gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blaine upon his judges , and to.
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He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse ; but those
that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme . The highest praise of
genius is original invention . Milton cannot be said to have contsived the ítructure
of an ...
He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse ; but those
that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme . The highest praise of
genius is original invention . Milton cannot be said to have contsived the ítructure
of an ...
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His Sacred Poems do not please like some of his other works ; but before the
fatal fifty - five , had he written on the same subjects , his success would hardly
have been better . It has been the frequent lamentation of good men , that verse
has ...
His Sacred Poems do not please like some of his other works ; but before the
fatal fifty - five , had he written on the same subjects , his success would hardly
have been better . It has been the frequent lamentation of good men , that verse
has ...
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e they were bad enough to please , even when I wrote " them . ” There is surely
reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that
these , like the harlots of other men , had his love , though not his approbation .
He had ...
e they were bad enough to please , even when I wrote " them . ” There is surely
reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that
these , like the harlots of other men , had his love , though not his approbation .
He had ...
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And if they proceed upon a foundation of truer “ reason to please the Athenians ,
than Shakspeare and 6 Fletcher to please the English , it only shews that the “
Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the 6 poet ' s business is certainly
to ...
And if they proceed upon a foundation of truer “ reason to please the Athenians ,
than Shakspeare and 6 Fletcher to please the English , it only shews that the “
Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the 6 poet ' s business is certainly
to ...
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| Title | The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets Volume 9 of The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D, Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Illustrated by | Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Hall |
| Contributors | Thomas Longman, Bedwell Law, James Dodsley, Henry Baldwin, B. White and Son |
| Publisher | T. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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