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Page 30
It is urged by Dr . Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which
makes that kind of poesy fit for all maiiner of subjects . But he should have
remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great
pleasure of ...
It is urged by Dr . Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which
makes that kind of poesy fit for all maiiner of subjects . But he should have
remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great
pleasure of ...
Page 79
The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather
by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers , by the purity of the diction , and
the harmony of the numbers , than by any power of invention , or vigour of ...
The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather
by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers , by the purity of the diction , and
the harmony of the numbers , than by any power of invention , or vigour of ...
Page 101
If he intended that , when the numbers were heroick , the diction should still
remain vulgar , hę planned a very heterogeneous and unnatural composition . If
he preferred a general stateliness both of sound and words , he can be only ...
If he intended that , when the numbers were heroick , the diction should still
remain vulgar , hę planned a very heterogeneous and unnatural composition . If
he preferred a general stateliness both of sound and words , he can be only ...
Page 511
... and from them he . could easily obtain his author ' s sense with sufficient
certainty : and among the readers of Homer the number is very small of those
who fin much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the musick of the
numbers .
... and from them he . could easily obtain his author ' s sense with sufficient
certainty : and among the readers of Homer the number is very small of those
who fin much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the musick of the
numbers .
Page 657
His numbers are sometimes smooth , and sometimes rugged ; his style is
sometimes concatenated , and sometimes abrupt ; sometimes diffusive , and
sometimes concise . His plan seems to have started in his mind at the present
moment , and ...
His numbers are sometimes smooth , and sometimes rugged ; his style is
sometimes concatenated , and sometimes abrupt ; sometimes diffusive , and
sometimes concise . His plan seems to have started in his mind at the present
moment , 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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