“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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Page 36
... writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well 36 BLACKMORE .
... writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well 36 BLACKMORE .
Page 44
... labour is relieved by pleasure , and the attention is led on through a long succession of varied excellence to the original position , the fundamental principle of wisdom and of virtue . As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little ...
... labour is relieved by pleasure , and the attention is led on through a long succession of varied excellence to the original position , the fundamental principle of wisdom and of virtue . As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little ...
Page 45
... labour with the sprouting birth : The active spirit freedom seeks in vain , It only works and twists a stronger chain ; Urging its prison's sides to break away , It makes that wider where ' tis forced to stay : Till , having form'd its ...
... labour with the sprouting birth : The active spirit freedom seeks in vain , It only works and twists a stronger chain ; Urging its prison's sides to break away , It makes that wider where ' tis forced to stay : Till , having form'd its ...
Page 47
... insolence of advising Fenton to engage himself in some employment of honest labour , by which he might obtain that support which he could never hope from his poetry . The play was acted at the other theatre ; and the FENTON . 47.
... insolence of advising Fenton to engage himself in some employment of honest labour , by which he might obtain that support which he could never hope from his poetry . The play was acted at the other theatre ; and the FENTON . 47.
Page 65
... Greenville was also very willing to think the worst of Clarendon . These pieces were published at his return to England . Johnson's Lives . 11 . 5 Being now desirous to conclude his labours , and enjoy GRANVILLE . 65.
... Greenville was also very willing to think the worst of Clarendon . These pieces were published at his return to England . Johnson's Lives . 11 . 5 Being now desirous to conclude his labours , and enjoy GRANVILLE . 65.
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