Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... respect as a writer ; as to the pastoral part , Virgil is very evidently su- periour . He wrote when there had been a larger influx of knowledge into the world than when Theocritus lived . Theocritus does not abound in description ...
... respect as a writer ; as to the pastoral part , Virgil is very evidently su- periour . He wrote when there had been a larger influx of knowledge into the world than when Theocritus lived . Theocritus does not abound in description ...
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... respect for his judgment as to appeal to him constantly , and that his sentence was final . ' Malone adds that he was so modest and reserved , that he frequently sat si- lent in company for an hour , and seldom spoke unless appealed to ...
... respect for his judgment as to appeal to him constantly , and that his sentence was final . ' Malone adds that he was so modest and reserved , that he frequently sat si- lent in company for an hour , and seldom spoke unless appealed to ...
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... Respect him , you could not ; for he had no mind of his own . Love him you could not ; for that which you could do with him , else could ' . " ' Of Dr. Goldsmith he said , " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand , or ...
... Respect him , you could not ; for he had no mind of his own . Love him you could not ; for that which you could do with him , else could ' . " ' Of Dr. Goldsmith he said , " No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand , or ...
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... respect . In this he resembled Quintilian , who tells us , that in the composition of his Institutions of Oratory3 , Latiùs se tamen aperiente materiâ , plus quàm imponebatur oneris sponte sus- cepi . The booksellers , justly sensible ...
... respect . In this he resembled Quintilian , who tells us , that in the composition of his Institutions of Oratory3 , Latiùs se tamen aperiente materiâ , plus quàm imponebatur oneris sponte sus- cepi . The booksellers , justly sensible ...
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... respect , Pope differed widely from Johnson , whose conversation was , per- haps , more admirable than even his writings , however ex- cellent . Mr. Wilkes has , however , favoured me with one repartee of Pope , of which Johnson was not ...
... respect , Pope differed widely from Johnson , whose conversation was , per- haps , more admirable than even his writings , however ex- cellent . Mr. Wilkes has , however , favoured me with one repartee of Pope , of which Johnson was not ...
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