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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He was no admirer of blank verse , and said it always failed , unless sustained by
the dignity of the subject . In blank verse , he said , the language suffered more
distortion to keep it out of prose , that any inconvenience or limitation to be ...
He was no admirer of blank verse , and said it always failed , unless sustained by
the dignity of the subject . In blank verse , he said , the language suffered more
distortion to keep it out of prose , that any inconvenience or limitation to be ...
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Somebody found fault with writing verses in a dead language , maintaining that
they were merely arrangements of so many words ; and laughed at the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge for sending forth collections of them not
only in Greek ...
Somebody found fault with writing verses in a dead language , maintaining that
they were merely arrangements of so many words ; and laughed at the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge for sending forth collections of them not
only in Greek ...
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A lady's verses on Ireland being mentioned , Miss Reynolds said , “ Have you
seen them , Sir ? ” — JOHNSON . “ No , Madam . I have seen a translation from
Horace by one of her daughters . She shewed it me . ” - Miss REYNOLDS .
A lady's verses on Ireland being mentioned , Miss Reynolds said , “ Have you
seen them , Sir ? ” — JOHNSON . “ No , Madam . I have seen a translation from
Horace by one of her daughters . She shewed it me . ” - Miss REYNOLDS .
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He dwelt upon Buchanan's elegant verses to Mary Queen of Scots , Nympha
Caledonie , & c . and spoke with enthusiasm of the beauty of Latin 6. All the
modern languages ( said he ) cannot furnish so melodious a line as verse . 6
Formosain ...
He dwelt upon Buchanan's elegant verses to Mary Queen of Scots , Nympha
Caledonie , & c . and spoke with enthusiasm of the beauty of Latin 6. All the
modern languages ( said he ) cannot furnish so melodious a line as verse . 6
Formosain ...
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... conversation turning on Mr. Pope , Lord Bathurst told us , that . The Essay on
Man was originally composed by Lord Bolingbroke in prose , and that Mr. Pope
did no more than put it into verse : that he had read Lord Bolingbroke's
manuscript ...
... conversation turning on Mr. Pope , Lord Bathurst told us , that . The Essay on
Man was originally composed by Lord Bolingbroke in prose , and that Mr. Pope
did no more than put it into verse : that he had read Lord Bolingbroke's
manuscript ...
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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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