Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 1Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1896 |
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Page xxiii
... verses " I have not observed that any rise above mediocrity , " we seem to be listen- ing to the Johnson of the Literary Club , the Johnson before whose arbitrary judgments Garrick forgot to jest , and even Burke was content to ...
... verses " I have not observed that any rise above mediocrity , " we seem to be listen- ing to the Johnson of the Literary Club , the Johnson before whose arbitrary judgments Garrick forgot to jest , and even Burke was content to ...
Page xxv
... verse , played as important a part as at any other period of English literature . In the eigh- teenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were couched in rhyme , and ...
... verse , played as important a part as at any other period of English literature . In the eigh- teenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were couched in rhyme , and ...
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... verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science ...
... verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science ...
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... verse , but mere prose.14 It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , 15 master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected ...
... verse , but mere prose.14 It was printed , with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , 15 master of the college ; but having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected ...
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... verses on Oliver's " death . " 29 This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he ...
... verses on Oliver's " death . " 29 This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he ...
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