Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 páginas |
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Samuel Johnson. certainly not fincere ; for his high value of himself was fufficiently observed , and of what could he be proud but of his poetry ? He writes , he fays , when he bas juft nothing else to do ; yet Swift complains that he ...
Samuel Johnson. certainly not fincere ; for his high value of himself was fufficiently observed , and of what could he be proud but of his poetry ? He writes , he fays , when he bas juft nothing else to do ; yet Swift complains that he ...
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... A man of fuch exalted fuperiority , and fo little moderation , would natural- ly have all his delinquences observed and aggravated : thofe who could not deny deny that he was excellent , would rejoice to find POPE . 253.
... A man of fuch exalted fuperiority , and fo little moderation , would natural- ly have all his delinquences observed and aggravated : thofe who could not deny deny that he was excellent , would rejoice to find POPE . 253.
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