Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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... tion that Dr. Johnson should be invited to contribute a series of brief biographical prefaces , telling as much , or as little , as he thought fit , of the life and circum- stances of his author . Johnson accepted the sugges- tion ...
... tion that Dr. Johnson should be invited to contribute a series of brief biographical prefaces , telling as much , or as little , as he thought fit , of the life and circum- stances of his author . Johnson accepted the sugges- tion ...
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... tion and his vigour of sentiment , employed in the praise and defence of virtue . A work more truly poetical is rarely found ; allusions , images , and descriptive epithets , embellish almost every period with lavish decoration . As a ...
... tion and his vigour of sentiment , employed in the praise and defence of virtue . A work more truly poetical is rarely found ; allusions , images , and descriptive epithets , embellish almost every period with lavish decoration . As a ...
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... tion , in which the argument suffers little from the metre . In the poem on The Birth of the Prince of Wales , nothing is very remarkable but the exorbitant adula- tion , and that insensibility of the precipice on which the king was ...
... tion , in which the argument suffers little from the metre . In the poem on The Birth of the Prince of Wales , nothing is very remarkable but the exorbitant adula- tion , and that insensibility of the precipice on which the king was ...
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