Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called “ Senilia ; " in which he shews so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Car- teret a dactyl ' . In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give ...
... verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called “ Senilia ; " in which he shews so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Car- teret a dactyl ' . In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give ...
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... verses , not of eminent merit . Bos- WELL . See ante , i . 133 , note . Lockman was known in France as the translator of Voltaire's La Henriade . See Marmontel's Preface . Vol- taire's Works , ed . 1819 , viii . 18 . ' Luke vii . 50 ...
... verses , not of eminent merit . Bos- WELL . See ante , i . 133 , note . Lockman was known in France as the translator of Voltaire's La Henriade . See Marmontel's Preface . Vol- taire's Works , ed . 1819 , viii . 18 . ' Luke vii . 50 ...
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... verse , however divided in the printing , and consequently the syllables at the end of each line were not common , as in other metres . This observation was new to John- son , and struck him . Had he examined me farther , I fear he ...
... verse , however divided in the printing , and consequently the syllables at the end of each line were not common , as in other metres . This observation was new to John- son , and struck him . Had he examined me farther , I fear he ...
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... verse bordering on licentiousness . John- son rebuked him in the finest manner , by first shewing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : “ Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . " And he gave ...
... verse bordering on licentiousness . John- son rebuked him in the finest manner , by first shewing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : “ Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . " And he gave ...
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... verse ' ) ; however , this miserable poem did not sell , and my poor friend Doddy said , Publick Virtue was not a subject to interest the age . " ' ' Mr. Langton , when a very young man , read Dodsley's Cleone a Tragedy , to him , not ...
... verse ' ) ; however , this miserable poem did not sell , and my poor friend Doddy said , Publick Virtue was not a subject to interest the age . " ' ' Mr. Langton , when a very young man , read Dodsley's Cleone a Tragedy , to him , not ...
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