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Such a sentence gives the judgement pause ; and we now begin to appreciate a certain drawback to the critical standard of an age in which the practice of poetry has become the exercise of every elegant imagination .
Such a sentence gives the judgement pause ; and we now begin to appreciate a certain drawback to the critical standard of an age in which the practice of poetry has become the exercise of every elegant imagination .
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He had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence , and his conceptions therefore were extensive . The characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity . He sometimes descends to the elegant , but his element is the great .
He had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence , and his conceptions therefore were extensive . The characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity . He sometimes descends to the elegant , but his element is the great .
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The observation , that his imagination would probably have been more fruitful and spritely if his judgement had been less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his ...
The observation , that his imagination would probably have been more fruitful and spritely if his judgement had been less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 Volumes 770-771 of Everyman's Library Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Samuel Johnson Volume 84 of Worlds classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Frowde, 191? |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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