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Page 140
He sometimes uses the obsolete termination of verbs , as waxeth , affecteth ; and
sometimes retains the final syllable of the preterite , as amazed , supposed , of
which I know not whether it is not to the detriment of our language that we have ...
He sometimes uses the obsolete termination of verbs , as waxeth , affecteth ; and
sometimes retains the final syllable of the preterite , as amazed , supposed , of
which I know not whether it is not to the detriment of our language that we have ...
Page 182
Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked the manner , of Dryden ; the
cant words which are so often in his mouth may be supposed to have been
Dryden ' s habitual phrases , or customary exclamations . Bayes , when he is to
write , is ...
Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked the manner , of Dryden ; the
cant words which are so often in his mouth may be supposed to have been
Dryden ' s habitual phrases , or customary exclamations . Bayes , when he is to
write , is ...
Page 332
After the Queen ' s death he became a constant opponent of the Court ; and ,
having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his
two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720 - 21 . . . He was thrice married ; by his
two ...
After the Queen ' s death he became a constant opponent of the Court ; and ,
having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his
two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720 - 21 . . . He was thrice married ; by his
two ...
Page 471
questions sent , or supposed to be sent , by Letters . ... and Swift expected to
obtain it ; but by the secretary ' s influence supposed to have been secured by a
bribe , it was bestowed on somebody else ; and Swift was dismissed with the
livings ...
questions sent , or supposed to be sent , by Letters . ... and Swift expected to
obtain it ; but by the secretary ' s influence supposed to have been secured by a
bribe , it was bestowed on somebody else ; and Swift was dismissed with the
livings ...
Page 592
He may therefore now be supposed to have revelled in all the joys of intellectual
luxury ; he was every day feasted with instructive novelties ; he lived splen . didly
without expence ; and might expect when he returned home a certain ...
He may therefore now be supposed to have revelled in all the joys of intellectual
luxury ; he was every day feasted with instructive novelties ; he lived splen . didly
without expence ; and might expect when he returned home a certain ...
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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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