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... dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its ...
... dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its ...
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... dignity , it is neither magnificent nor pathetic . He seems to look round him for images which he cannot find , and what he has he distorts by endeavouring to enlarge them . " He is , " he says , " petrified with grief , ” but the ...
... dignity , it is neither magnificent nor pathetic . He seems to look round him for images which he cannot find , and what he has he distorts by endeavouring to enlarge them . " He is , " he says , " petrified with grief , ” but the ...
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... dignity in misfortune , that consti- tutes the character of a true nobleman ; a dignity far beyond that of coronets ; a nobility arising from the just principles of philosophy , refined and exalted by those of Christianity . ” He ...
... dignity in misfortune , that consti- tutes the character of a true nobleman ; a dignity far beyond that of coronets ; a nobility arising from the just principles of philosophy , refined and exalted by those of Christianity . ” He ...
Contents
From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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