The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 57Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1780 |
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... their uncommon length of hair , Popeil . 1 : 38 Abbeys put down , Asdael , character of , Audiel , zeal of , VOL . LVII . B Don . II Dry . 1 : 193 Milt . 1 : 166 Aldiel Abdiel , reception of in heaven , Abel , murder [ + ]
... their uncommon length of hair , Popeil . 1 : 38 Abbeys put down , Asdael , character of , Audiel , zeal of , VOL . LVII . B Don . II Dry . 1 : 193 Milt . 1 : 166 Aldiel Abdiel , reception of in heaven , Abel , murder [ + ]
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Abdiel , reception of in heaven , Abel , murder of , in vifion , Milt . 1 : 174 Milt . 2 : 100 Abelard , ill - fated youth , Pope 1 : 184 Prior 2 : 58 Aberdeen , univerfity ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Abdiel , reception of in heaven , Abel , murder of , in vifion , Milt . 1 : 174 Milt . 2 : 100 Abelard , ill - fated youth , Pope 1 : 184 Prior 2 : 58 Aberdeen , univerfity ...
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... heaven and earth , and Eve , character of , encompaffed by the beasts , and Eve daily labour of , relates his creation , had fpeech and reafon , first fleep of , dream of , Pope od . 3 : : 26 Pope od . 3:27 Pope od , 3 : 3 Butl . 2 ...
... heaven and earth , and Eve , character of , encompaffed by the beasts , and Eve daily labour of , relates his creation , had fpeech and reafon , first fleep of , dream of , Pope od . 3 : : 26 Pope od . 3:27 Pope od , 3 : 3 Butl . 2 ...
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... heaven , from whofe caverns rife fountains of fire , abode of the Cyclops , torch of Sicily , unmelted fnow on , was then heard to roar , Etolia firft threw off the yoke of kings , to commerce and to arms devoted , Affect not any thing ...
... heaven , from whofe caverns rife fountains of fire , abode of the Cyclops , torch of Sicily , unmelted fnow on , was then heard to roar , Etolia firft threw off the yoke of kings , to commerce and to arms devoted , Affect not any thing ...
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... heaven blafphemes , ruth'd , his eyes on fire , Angling , Angry lovers mean not half they fay , Animalcule , Animals brought to Adam , to name , whipp'd tops , bandy'd balls , mercy to , Anna faid , let there be union , Milt . 1 : 160 ...
... heaven blafphemes , ruth'd , his eyes on fire , Angling , Angry lovers mean not half they fay , Animalcule , Animals brought to Adam , to name , whipp'd tops , bandy'd balls , mercy to , Anna faid , let there be union , Milt . 1 : 160 ...
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Page v - of places and countries, and in accounts of remarkable events, either in the natural or political •world, and of the ancient cuftoms or antiquities ; in critical obfervations on
Page vi - with dignity ; but the former, that of the vulgar, and generally as vulgarly exprefled, yet equally true with the fententious. Proverbial fayings could not well be difarranged, without fpoiling them, or at
Page v - particulars ; namely, in prudential, moral and religious fentences; in remarkable proverbial fayings, either of a ludicrous or ferious turn ; in characters of celebrated perfons, both ancient and modern ; in
Page vi - when they could conveniently be brought within the compafs of a line, and in the very arrangement of their words, in order to preferve entire the harmony and
Page viii - exclude, from a place in an index, very many important fentences, which are without a fubftantive. Dryden again fays, -write well, or not at all:
Page vii - it may therefore lead the fentence, according to the general rule of index-making; namely, that a
Page viii - not to make a verb the leading word ; or even an adverb, if ufed emphatically ; for
Page vii - but which it neceflarily implies, it is in all languages, both learned and unlearned, taken
Page vii - not to make them the leading words : Dryden, for inftance, to mention no other, fays,
Page 254 - Ichor, blood of gods, Ida, fount-full hill, fair nurfe of fountains and of game,