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Page 90
I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously, paid to this great
man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically
mentioned, as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured
by his ...
I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously, paid to this great
man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically
mentioned, as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured
by his ...
Page 317
It is therefore perhaps possible to give a better representation of that great satirist,
even in those parts which Dryden himself has translated, some passages
excepted, which will never be excelled. With Juvenal was published Persius, ...
It is therefore perhaps possible to give a better representation of that great satirist,
even in those parts which Dryden himself has translated, some passages
excepted, which will never be excelled. With Juvenal was published Persius, ...
Page 323
The ode for St. Cecilia's Day, perhaps the last effort of his poetry, has been
always considered as exhibiting the highest flight of fancy, and the exactest
nicety of art. This is allowed to stand without a rival. If indeed there is any
excellence ...
The ode for St. Cecilia's Day, perhaps the last effort of his poetry, has been
always considered as exhibiting the highest flight of fancy, and the exactest
nicety of art. This is allowed to stand without a rival. If indeed there is any
excellence ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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