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To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations ...
To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations ...
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... to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely though the mode of their composition be erroneous , yet many parts deserve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy .
... to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely though the mode of their composition be erroneous , yet many parts deserve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy .
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One was , that the wind t of a cannon - bullet , though flying never so near , is in- capable of doing the least harm ; and , indeed , were it otherwise , no man above deck would escape . The other was , that a great shot may be ...
One was , that the wind t of a cannon - bullet , though flying never so near , is in- capable of doing the least harm ; and , indeed , were it otherwise , no man above deck would escape . The other was , that a great shot may be ...
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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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