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poetry. under. takes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing
precepts , and therefore relates some great event in ... Nor is ' he yet å poet till he
has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the
delicacies of ...
poetry. under. takes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing
precepts , and therefore relates some great event in ... Nor is ' he yet å poet till he
has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the
delicacies of ...
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proper ends of poetry in tragedy , pity and terror , though good means , are “ not
the only . For all the passions , in their turns , are to be set in a ferment : “ as joy ,
anger , love , fear , are to be used as the poet ' s common - places ; and a ...
proper ends of poetry in tragedy , pity and terror , though good means , are “ not
the only . For all the passions , in their turns , are to be set in a ferment : “ as joy ,
anger , love , fear , are to be used as the poet ' s common - places ; and a ...
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After all this , it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been
asked , Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwise than by asking in return , If Pope he
not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition ...
After all this , it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been
asked , Whether Pope was a poet ; otherwise than by asking in return , If Pope he
not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition ...
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That attachment to his favourite study , which made him think a poet the surest
guide in his new profession , left him little doubt whether poetry were the surest
path to its honours and preferments : Not long indeed after he took orders , he ...
That attachment to his favourite study , which made him think a poet the surest
guide in his new profession , left him little doubt whether poetry were the surest
path to its honours and preferments : Not long indeed after he took orders , he ...
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pitied for having to pour the “ Midnight Sorrows " of his religious poetry ? Mrs .
Temple died in 1735 ; Mr . Temple , four years afterwards in 1740 , and the poet '
s wife seven inonths after Mr . Temple in 1741 . How could the injatiare Archer ...
pitied for having to pour the “ Midnight Sorrows " of his religious poetry ? Mrs .
Temple died in 1735 ; Mr . Temple , four years afterwards in 1740 , and the poet '
s wife seven inonths after Mr . Temple in 1741 . How could the injatiare Archer ...
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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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