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If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagina- tion is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflec- tion and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious ...
If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagina- tion is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflec- tion and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious ...
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To the subject , thus originally indisposed to the recep- tion of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity . Nothing can be more disgusting than a narrative spangled with ...
To the subject , thus originally indisposed to the recep- tion of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity . Nothing can be more disgusting than a narrative spangled with ...
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The Poets of Elizabeth had attained an art of modula- tion , which was afterwards neglected or forgotten . Fairfax was acknowledged by him as his model ; and he might have studied with advantage the poem of Davis , which , though merely ...
The Poets of Elizabeth had attained an art of modula- tion , which was afterwards neglected or forgotten . Fairfax was acknowledged by him as his model ; and he might have studied with advantage the poem of Davis , which , though merely ...
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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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