Dr. Johnson's Table-talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners, with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volumen2 |
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... being made of all the English Poets who had published a volume of poems ,
Johnson said , that a " Mr. Coxeter , whom he knew , had gone the greatest
length towards this ; having collected about five hundred volumes of poets whose
works ...
... being made of all the English Poets who had published a volume of poems ,
Johnson said , that a " Mr. Coxeter , whom he knew , had gone the greatest
length towards this ; having collected about five hundred volumes of poets whose
works ...
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such poems ? Johnson replied , “ Yes , Sir , many men , many women , and many
children . ” Johnson at this time did not know ... The poem of Fingal , he said , was
a mere unconnected rhapsody , a tiresome repetition ' of the same images .
such poems ? Johnson replied , “ Yes , Sir , many men , many women , and many
children . ” Johnson at this time did not know ... The poem of Fingal , he said , was
a mere unconnected rhapsody , a tiresome repetition ' of the same images .
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ducing even Rats in a grave poem might be liable to banter . He , however , could
not bring himself to relinquish the idea ; for they are thus , in a still more ludicrous
manner , periphrastically exhibited in his Poem as it now stands . “ Nor with ...
ducing even Rats in a grave poem might be liable to banter . He , however , could
not bring himself to relinquish the idea ; for they are thus , in a still more ludicrous
manner , periphrastically exhibited in his Poem as it now stands . “ Nor with ...
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He repeated , in his forcible melodious manner , the concluding lines of the
Dunciad . - While he was talking loudly in praise of those lines , one of the
company ventured to say , " Too fine for such a poem : a poem on what ? " -
JOHNSON ...
He repeated , in his forcible melodious manner , the concluding lines of the
Dunciad . - While he was talking loudly in praise of those lines , one of the
company ventured to say , " Too fine for such a poem : a poem on what ? " -
JOHNSON ...
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We must consider ( said he ) whether " Homer was not the greatest poet , though
Virgil may have produced the finest poem . Virgil was indebted to Homer for the
whole invention of the structure of an epic poem , and for many of his beauties .
We must consider ( said he ) whether " Homer was not the greatest poet , though
Virgil may have produced the finest poem . Virgil was indebted to Homer for the
whole invention of the structure of an epic poem , and for many of his beauties .
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| Título | Dr. Johnson's Table-talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners, with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volumen2 Dr. Johnson's Table-talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners, with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | J. Mawman, 1807 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 20 Abr. 2017 |
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