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Page 79
But their peculiarity is not excellence : if they differ from verses of others , they
differ for the worse ; for they are too often distinguished by repulsive harshness ;
the combinations of words are new , but they are not pleasing ; the rhymes and ...
But their peculiarity is not excellence : if they differ from verses of others , they
differ for the worse ; for they are too often distinguished by repulsive harshness ;
the combinations of words are new , but they are not pleasing ; the rhymes and ...
Page 227
If indeed there is any excellence beyond it , in some other of Dryden ' s works that
excellence must be found . : Compared with the Ode on Killigrew , it may be
pronounced perhaps superiour in the whole ; but without any single part , equal
to ...
If indeed there is any excellence beyond it , in some other of Dryden ' s works that
excellence must be found . : Compared with the Ode on Killigrew , it may be
pronounced perhaps superiour in the whole ; but without any single part , equal
to ...
Page 401
Somervile has tried many modes of poetry ; and thougb perhaps he has not in
any reached such excellence as to raise much envy , it may commonly be said at
least that “ he writes very well for a gentleman , " His serious pieces are
sometimes ...
Somervile has tried many modes of poetry ; and thougb perhaps he has not in
any reached such excellence as to raise much envy , it may commonly be said at
least that “ he writes very well for a gentleman , " His serious pieces are
sometimes ...
Page 539
Those indeed who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for
excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of
excellence men are directed , nor by an ascendant planet or predominating ...
Those indeed who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for
excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of
excellence men are directed , nor by an ascendant planet or predominating ...
Page 571
doctrine of the Essay , disrobed of its ornaments , is left to the powers of its naked
excellence , what shall we discover ? That we are , in comparison with our
Creator , very weak and ignorant ; that we do not uphold the chain of existence ;
and ...
doctrine of the Essay , disrobed of its ornaments , is left to the powers of its naked
excellence , what shall we discover ? That we are , in comparison with our
Creator , very weak and ignorant ; that we do not uphold the chain of existence ;
and ...
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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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