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Page 158
The man of mirth is always observing the follies and weaknesses ; the serious
writer , the virtues or crimes of mankind ; one is pleased with contemplating a
beau , the other a hero : - Even from the same object they would draw different
ideas ...
The man of mirth is always observing the follies and weaknesses ; the serious
writer , the virtues or crimes of mankind ; one is pleased with contemplating a
beau , the other a hero : - Even from the same object they would draw different
ideas ...
Page 240
... the age , the disposition of the people , to “ whom a poet writes , may be so
different , that what pleased the Greeks « would not satisfy an English audience .
" And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the “
Athenians ...
... the age , the disposition of the people , to “ whom a poet writes , may be so
different , that what pleased the Greeks « would not satisfy an English audience .
" And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the “
Athenians ...
Page 378
Pope was pleased with the honour ; and when he became acquainted with Gay ,
found such attractions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have
received him into his in most confidence ; and a friendship was forined betv . ecn
...
Pope was pleased with the honour ; and when he became acquainted with Gay ,
found such attractions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have
received him into his in most confidence ; and a friendship was forined betv . ecn
...
Page 391
Yalden , as it happened , had been lately , reading on the subject given , and
produced with little difficulty a composition which so pleased the president , that
he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among bis ...
Yalden , as it happened , had been lately , reading on the subject given , and
produced with little difficulty a composition which so pleased the president , that
he told him his former suspicions , and promised to favour him . Among bis ...
Page 499
... which he considered as the model to be studied , and was impressed with such
veneration for his instructor , that he persuaded some friends to take him to the
coffee - house which Dryden frequented , and pleased himself with having seen ...
... which he considered as the model to be studied , and was impressed with such
veneration for his instructor , that he persuaded some friends to take him to the
coffee - house which Dryden frequented , and pleased himself with having seen ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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