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Page 137
In 1663 was published the first part, containing three cantos, of the poem of
Hudibras, which, as Prior relates, was made known at Court by the taste and
influence of the Earl of Dorset. When it was known, it was necessarily admired :
the king ...
In 1663 was published the first part, containing three cantos, of the poem of
Hudibras, which, as Prior relates, was made known at Court by the taste and
influence of the Earl of Dorset. When it was known, it was necessarily admired :
the king ...
Page 141
But for poor Hudibras, his poet had no tenderness : he chuses not that any pity
should be shewn or respect paid him: he gives him up at once to laughter and
contempt, without any quality that can dignify or protect him. In forming the
character ...
But for poor Hudibras, his poet had no tenderness : he chuses not that any pity
should be shewn or respect paid him: he gives him up at once to laughter and
contempt, without any quality that can dignify or protect him. In forming the
character ...
Page 144
Hudibras was not a hasty effusion; it was not produced by a sudden tumult of
imagination, or a short paroxysm of violent labour. To accumulate such a mass of
sentiments at the call of accidental desire, or of sudden necessity, is beyond the ...
Hudibras was not a hasty effusion; it was not produced by a sudden tumult of
imagination, or a short paroxysm of violent labour. To accumulate such a mass of
sentiments at the call of accidental desire, or of sudden necessity, is beyond the ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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