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... admiration is the wish to admire " ; but Johnson is the last man to flatter a patron as such . " Many a blandishment ... admirable Life of Dr. Johnson , Macaulay briefly describes the Lives of the Poets : " The Lives of the Poets ...
... admiration is the wish to admire " ; but Johnson is the last man to flatter a patron as such . " Many a blandishment ... admirable Life of Dr. Johnson , Macaulay briefly describes the Lives of the Poets : " The Lives of the Poets ...
Page 98
... admiration with which the votaries have received it . 2 As a drama it is deficient . The action is not probable . A masque , in those parts where supernatural intervention is admitted , must indeed be given up to all the freaks of ...
... admiration with which the votaries have received it . 2 As a drama it is deficient . The action is not probable . A masque , in those parts where supernatural intervention is admitted , must indeed be given up to all the freaks of ...
Page 288
... admiration was yet fresh , and his kindness warm ; and therefore such as , without any criminal purpose of deceiving , shows a strong desire to make the most of all favourable truth . I cannot much commend the performance . The praise ...
... admiration was yet fresh , and his kindness warm ; and therefore such as , without any criminal purpose of deceiving , shows a strong desire to make the most of all favourable truth . I cannot much commend the performance . The praise ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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