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Denham saw the better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of ...
Denham saw the better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of ...
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... a man whose learning was greater than his powers of poetry ; and who , being better qualified to give the meaning than the spirit of Seneca , has introduced his version of three d tragedies by a defence of close translation .
... a man whose learning was greater than his powers of poetry ; and who , being better qualified to give the meaning than the spirit of Seneca , has introduced his version of three d tragedies by a defence of close translation .
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... habit grew upon him , and the series of meditation and reflec- tion being kept up whole weeks together , he could better sort his ideas , and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confusion .
... habit grew upon him , and the series of meditation and reflec- tion being kept up whole weeks together , he could better sort his ideas , and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confusion .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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