The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily adopted that which was predominant . He saw a certain way to present praise ; and , not sufficiently inquiring by what means the ancients have continued to ...
Samuel Johnson. His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily adopted that which was predominant . He saw a certain way to present praise ; and , not sufficiently inquiring by what means the ancients have continued to ...
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... character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of tracing word by word , and line by line . Those are the labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose ...
... character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of tracing word by word , and line by line . Those are the labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose ...
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... character immediately appears . Those authors , therefore , are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence , most principles of moral truth , and most materials for conversation ; and those purposes are best served by ...
... character immediately appears . Those authors , therefore , are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence , most principles of moral truth , and most materials for conversation ; and those purposes are best served by ...
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... character again , has a mind to invest him with military splendour : " He is much mistaken , ” he says , " if there was not about this time a design of making him an ad- jutant - general in Sir William Waller's army . But the new ...
... character again , has a mind to invest him with military splendour : " He is much mistaken , ” he says , " if there was not about this time a design of making him an ad- jutant - general in Sir William Waller's army . But the new ...
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... character , could dispose her to favour the doctrine , who was by birth a queen , and by temper despotic . That Salmasius was , from the appearance of Milton's book , treated with neglect , there is not much proof ; but to a man so long ...
... character , could dispose her to favour the doctrine , who was by birth a queen , and by temper despotic . That Salmasius was , from the appearance of Milton's book , treated with neglect , there is not much proof ; but to a man so long ...
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