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Page 194
... he who excels has a right tó teach , and he whose judgment is incontestable
may without usurpation examine and decide . Congreve represents him as ready
to advise and instruct ; but there is reagon to believe that his communication was
...
... he who excels has a right tó teach , and he whose judgment is incontestable
may without usurpation examine and decide . Congreve represents him as ready
to advise and instruct ; but there is reagon to believe that his communication was
...
Page 232
What he had once . written , he dismissed from his thoughts : and , I believe ,
there is no example to be found of any correction or improvement made by him
after publication . The hastiness of his productions might be the effect of necessity
...
What he had once . written , he dismissed from his thoughts : and , I believe ,
there is no example to be found of any correction or improvement made by him
after publication . The hastiness of his productions might be the effect of necessity
...
Page 398
... nor , I believe , cyer seen , by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert
Shiels , a native of Scotland , a man of very acute understanding , though with
little scholastick education , who , not long after the publication of his work ; died
in ...
... nor , I believe , cyer seen , by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert
Shiels , a native of Scotland , a man of very acute understanding , though with
little scholastick education , who , not long after the publication of his work ; died
in ...
Page 509
There was reason to believe that Pope ' s artempt would be successful . He was
in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom
dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent : he
conversed ...
There was reason to believe that Pope ' s artempt would be successful . He was
in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom
dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent : he
conversed ...
Page 643
But to a son of worth and sensibility it is of some little consequence whether
contemporaries believe , and posterity be taught to believe , that his · debauched
and reprobate life cast a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father ' s days ,
saved ...
But to a son of worth and sensibility it is of some little consequence whether
contemporaries believe , and posterity be taught to believe , that his · debauched
and reprobate life cast a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father ' s days ,
saved ...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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