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Page 222
... and whose person was loved because his writings were admired. ... grandeur
which hitherto held its captives in admiration ; the words and things are
presented with a new appearance, and novelty is always grateful where it gives
no pain.
... and whose person was loved because his writings were admired. ... grandeur
which hitherto held its captives in admiration ; the words and things are
presented with a new appearance, and novelty is always grateful where it gives
no pain.
Page 228
The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired, because, to write it, the author
must be master of two of the most different talents in ... Admiration and laughter
are of such opposite natures, that they are seldom created by the same person.
The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired, because, to write it, the author
must be master of two of the most different talents in ... Admiration and laughter
are of such opposite natures, that they are seldom created by the same person.
Page 379
Very near to admiration is the wish to admire. Every man willingly gives value to
the praise which he receives, and considers the sentence passed in his favour as
the sentence of discernment. We admire in a friend that understanding that ...
Very near to admiration is the wish to admire. Every man willingly gives value to
the praise which he receives, and considers the sentence passed in his favour as
the sentence of discernment. We admire in a friend that understanding that ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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