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Page 49
He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical ...
He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical ...
Page 146
The diction of this poem is grossly familiar , and the numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express .
The diction of this poem is grossly familiar , and the numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express .
Page 223
He imitates Milton's numbers indeed , but imitates them very injudiciously . Deformity is easily copied ; and whatever there is in Milton which the reader wishes away , all that is obsolete , peculiar , or licentious , is accu- mulated ...
He imitates Milton's numbers indeed , but imitates them very injudiciously . Deformity is easily copied ; and whatever there is in Milton which the reader wishes away , all that is obsolete , peculiar , or licentious , is accu- mulated ...
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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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