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Page 72
... sufficient to remark , that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664 , that
is fortyone years , with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare , which
probably did not together make one thousand copies , The sale of thirteen
hundred ...
... sufficient to remark , that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664 , that
is fortyone years , with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare , which
probably did not together make one thousand copies , The sale of thirteen
hundred ...
Page 433
The pleasure which he received from this increase of his poetical reputation , was
sufficient for some time to over balance the miseries of want , which this
performance did not much alleviate ; for it was sold for a very trivial sum to a
bookseller ...
The pleasure which he received from this increase of his poetical reputation , was
sufficient for some time to over balance the miseries of want , which this
performance did not much alleviate ; for it was sold for a very trivial sum to a
bookseller ...
Page 445
... to contain many striking sentiments , majestic lines , and just observations , it is
in general not sufficiently polished in the ... is yet found sufficient to support
families above want , and was undoubtedly more than the necessities of life
require .
... to contain many striking sentiments , majestic lines , and just observations , it is
in general not sufficiently polished in the ... is yet found sufficient to support
families above want , and was undoubtedly more than the necessities of life
require .
Page 500
... he read “ Temple ' s Essays ” and “ Locke on human understanding . " His
reading , though his favourite authors are not known , appears to have been
sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient
evidence ...
... he read “ Temple ' s Essays ” and “ Locke on human understanding . " His
reading , though his favourite authors are not known , appears to have been
sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient
evidence ...
Page 569
To a thousand cavils one answer is sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be
read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown
aside . Pope wrote for his own age and his own nation ; he knew that it was ...
To a thousand cavils one answer is sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be
read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown
aside . Pope wrote for his own age and his own nation ; he knew that it was ...
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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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