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Page 59
That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal rapidity , or
read with equal eagerness , is very credible . He taught only the stale doctrine of
authority , and the unpleasing duty of submission ; and he had been so long not
only ...
That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal rapidity , or
read with equal eagerness , is very credible . He taught only the stale doctrine of
authority , and the unpleasing duty of submission ; and he had been so long not
only ...
Page 61
without equal qualifications , aspire to equal honours , who envy the distinc* tions
of inerit greater than their own , or who have yet to learn , that in the “ coalition of
human society , nothing is more pleasing to God , or more agreea . " ' ble to ...
without equal qualifications , aspire to equal honours , who envy the distinc* tions
of inerit greater than their own , or who have yet to learn , that in the “ coalition of
human society , nothing is more pleasing to God , or more agreea . " ' ble to ...
Page 127
In the poem on the war with Spain are some passages at least equal to the best
parts of the panegyrick : and , in the conclusion , the poet ventures yet a higher
Aight of flattery , by recommending royalty to Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell
...
In the poem on the war with Spain are some passages at least equal to the best
parts of the panegyrick : and , in the conclusion , the poet ventures yet a higher
Aight of flattery , by recommending royalty to Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell
...
Page 366
How surprising is it to observe among " the least culpable men , some whose
minds are attracted by heaven and “ earth , with a seeming equal force ; some
who are proud of humility ; “ others who are censorious and uncharitable , yet self
...
How surprising is it to observe among " the least culpable men , some whose
minds are attracted by heaven and “ earth , with a seeming equal force ; some
who are proud of humility ; “ others who are censorious and uncharitable , yet self
...
Page 445
Thus his poem contributed nothing to the alleviation of his poverty , which was
such as very few could have supported with equal patience ; but to which , it must
likewise be confessed , that few would have been exposed who received ...
Thus his poem contributed nothing to the alleviation of his poverty , which was
such as very few could have supported with equal patience ; but to which , it must
likewise be confessed , that few would have been exposed who received ...
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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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