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The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part. The
duration of an unfinished action cannot be known. Of characters either not yet
introduced, or shewn but upon few occasions, the full extent and the nice
discriminations ...
The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part. The
duration of an unfinished action cannot be known. Of characters either not yet
introduced, or shewn but upon few occasions, the full extent and the nice
discriminations ...
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 339
... but generally love to virtue and hatred to vice ; by shewing the rewards of one,
and punishments of the other; at least, by rendering virtue always amiable, tho' it
be shewn unfortunate; and vice detestable, though it be shewn triumphant.
... but generally love to virtue and hatred to vice ; by shewing the rewards of one,
and punishments of the other; at least, by rendering virtue always amiable, tho' it
be shewn unfortunate; and vice detestable, though it be shewn triumphant.
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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