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Page 34
... and the thoughts, which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by
chance, are concatenated without any abruption. Though the English ode cannot
be called a translation, it may be very properly consulted as a commentary. The
spirit ...
... and the thoughts, which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by
chance, are concatenated without any abruption. Though the English ode cannot
be called a translation, it may be very properly consulted as a commentary. The
spirit ...
Page 127
... book of universal knowledge. But original deficience cannot be supplied. The
want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the
reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it
...
... book of universal knowledge. But original deficience cannot be supplied. The
want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the
reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it
...
Page 321
... the reader may be weary, though the critick may commend. Works of
imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and
detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws
DRYDEN 32i.
... the reader may be weary, though the critick may commend. Works of
imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and
detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws
DRYDEN 32i.
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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