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" The incessant attacks of his enemies, whether serious or merry, are never discovered to have disturbed his quiet, or to have lessened his confidence in himself. "
Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage - Page 253
by Samuel Johnson - 1905
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 258 pages
...caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor deprefled him to complaint. While the diflributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifed or defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned afide to quiet them by...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden ..., Volumes 3-4

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 602 pages
...Qautionj they neither proveked him to petulance, nor deprefled him to complaintt While the diftributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifed or defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned afide to quiet them by...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...prpveked him BLACK MOftfi, ioi to petulance, nor deprefled him to complainti While the diftributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifed of defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned aflde to quiet them by...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor deprefled him to complaint. While the diftributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpned or defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned afide to quiet them by...
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prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the english poets.

samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...caution; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor depreffed him to complaint. While the diftributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifed or defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned afide to quiet them by...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...caution; they neither provoked him to petulance, 'nor deprefled him to complaint. While the diftributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifcd or defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned afide to quiet them by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor depreffed him to complaint. While the diftrU butors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifed or defined them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned aficle to quiet them...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe ...

1795 - 846 pages
...caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor deprefled him to complaint. While the diuributors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either dcfpifed or defied them, wrote on at be had written before, and never turned aûde to quiet them by...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...honours of magnanimity. The insant attacks of his enemies, whether serious or merry, art' never discoI to have disturbed his quiet, or to have lessened his confidence in himself: ey neither awaked him to silence nor to caution; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor depressed...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance, nor deprefled him to complaint. While the diftrjbutors of literary fame were endeavouring to depreciate and degrade him, he either defpifed or defied them, wrote on as he had written before, and never turned alide to quiet them by...
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