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We know at least , from Sprat ' s account , that he always acknowledged hier care
, and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother ' s
apartment lay Spenser ' s Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to
read , til ...
We know at least , from Sprat ' s account , that he always acknowledged hier care
, and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother ' s
apartment lay Spenser ' s Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to
read , til ...
Page 12
To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could
be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions
copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional ...
To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could
be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions
copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional ...
Page 110
... is yet very much to his honour , that he is perhaps the only correct writer in
verse before Addison ; and that , if there are not so many or so great beauties in
his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer
faults .
... is yet very much to his honour , that he is perhaps the only correct writer in
verse before Addison ; and that , if there are not so many or so great beauties in
his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer
faults .
Page 262
And in 1700 he satirised the Royal Society , at least Sir Hans Sloane their
president , in two dialogues , intituled The Transactioneer . . Though he was a
regular advocate in the courts of civil and canon law , he did not love his
profession , nor ...
And in 1700 he satirised the Royal Society , at least Sir Hans Sloane their
president , in two dialogues , intituled The Transactioneer . . Though he was a
regular advocate in the courts of civil and canon law , he did not love his
profession , nor ...
Page 346
Alma is written in professed imitation of Hudibras , and has at least one
accidental resemblance : Hudibras wants a plan , because it is left imperfect ;
Alma is imperfect , because it seems never to have had a plan . Prior appears not
to have ...
Alma is written in professed imitation of Hudibras , and has at least one
accidental resemblance : Hudibras wants a plan , because it is left imperfect ;
Alma is imperfect , because it seems never to have had a plan . Prior appears not
to have ...
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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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