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Page 124
This persuasion seems to have had little effect . ... he doth apprehend a very
cruel , long , and s ruinous restraint : — He therefore prays , that he may not find
the effects sr of Mr . Waller ' s threats , by a long and close imprisonment ; but may
be ...
This persuasion seems to have had little effect . ... he doth apprehend a very
cruel , long , and s ruinous restraint : — He therefore prays , that he may not find
the effects sr of Mr . Waller ' s threats , by a long and close imprisonment ; but may
be ...
Page 207
The reasonableness of these rules seems sufficient for their vindication ; and the
effects produced by observing them were ... It seldom happens that all the
necessary causes concur to any great effect ; will is wanting to power , or power
to will ...
The reasonableness of these rules seems sufficient for their vindication ; and the
effects produced by observing them were ... It seldom happens that all the
necessary causes concur to any great effect ; will is wanting to power , or power
to will ...
Page 287
Nothing is better known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish
contempt of Modern Latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably
the effect of his civility rather than approbation . Three of his Latin poems are
upon ...
Nothing is better known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish
contempt of Modern Latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably
the effect of his civility rather than approbation . Three of his Latin poems are
upon ...
Page 372
T HE brevity with which I am to write the account of ELIJAH I FENTON is not the
effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his
relations in bis native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near
Newcastle in ...
T HE brevity with which I am to write the account of ELIJAH I FENTON is not the
effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his
relations in bis native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near
Newcastle in ...
Page 398
Of his literary hours all the effects are liere exhibited , of which the Eiegies were
written very early , and the Prologue not long before his death . - * This account is
still erróneous . James Hammond our author was of a different family , the ...
Of his literary hours all the effects are liere exhibited , of which the Eiegies were
written very early , and the Prologue not long before his death . - * This account is
still erróneous . James Hammond our author was of a different family , the ...
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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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