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Page 135
Sometimes having succeeded in the first part , he makes a feeble conclusion . In
the song of “ Sacharissa ' s and Amoret ' s Friendship , " the two last stanzas
ought to have been omitted . His images of gallantry are not always in the highest
...
Sometimes having succeeded in the first part , he makes a feeble conclusion . In
the song of “ Sacharissa ' s and Amoret ' s Friendship , " the two last stanzas
ought to have been omitted . His images of gallantry are not always in the highest
...
Page 312
Tis true , indeed , upon the stage of the world , 5 * che wicked sometimes prosper
, and the guiltless suffer . But that is per* mitted by the Governor of the world , to
shew , from the attribute of his " infinite justice , that there is a compensation in ...
Tis true , indeed , upon the stage of the world , 5 * che wicked sometimes prosper
, and the guiltless suffer . But that is per* mitted by the Governor of the world , to
shew , from the attribute of his " infinite justice , that there is a compensation in ...
Page 323
Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears half -
veiled in an allegory ; sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy ; , and
sometimes steps forth in the confidence of reason . She wears a thousand
dresses ...
Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears half -
veiled in an allegory ; sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy ; , and
sometimes steps forth in the confidence of reason . She wears a thousand
dresses ...
Page 346
His epigrams and lighter pieces are , like those of others , sometimes clés : gant ,
sometimes trilling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the Camelion and
the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has writter . so ...
His epigrams and lighter pieces are , like those of others , sometimes clés : gant ,
sometimes trilling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the Camelion and
the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has writter . so ...
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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