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Like Milton and Addison, he seems to have been fond of his Latin poetry. Those
compositions show that he was an early scholar; but his verses have not the
graceful ease that gave so much suavity to the poems of Addison. The translation
of ...
Like Milton and Addison, he seems to have been fond of his Latin poetry. Those
compositions show that he was an early scholar; but his verses have not the
graceful ease that gave so much suavity to the poems of Addison. The translation
of ...
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Determined to discard colloquial barbarisms and licentious idioms, he forgot the
elegant simplicity that distinguishes the writings of Addison. He had what Locke
calls a round-about view of his subject ; and though he was never tainted, like ...
Determined to discard colloquial barbarisms and licentious idioms, he forgot the
elegant simplicity that distinguishes the writings of Addison. He had what Locke
calls a round-about view of his subject ; and though he was never tainted, like ...
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If we except the Essays on the Pleasures of Imagination, Addison cannot be
called a philosophical critick. His moral Essays are beautiful: but in that province
nothing can exceed the Rambler, though Johnson used to say that, the Essay on
The ...
If we except the Essays on the Pleasures of Imagination, Addison cannot be
called a philosophical critick. His moral Essays are beautiful: but in that province
nothing can exceed the Rambler, though Johnson used to say that, the Essay on
The ...
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When we compare him with Addison, the contrast is still stronger. Addison lends
grace and ornament to truth; Johnson gives it force and energy. Addison makes
virtue amiable ; Johnson represents it as an awful duty. Addison insinuates ...
When we compare him with Addison, the contrast is still stronger. Addison lends
grace and ornament to truth; Johnson gives it force and energy. Addison makes
virtue amiable ; Johnson represents it as an awful duty. Addison insinuates ...
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To prove this it is alleged, that Johnson has misrepresented the circumstances
relative to the translation of the first Iliad, and maliciously ascribed that
performance to Addison, instead of Tickell, with too much reliance on the
testimony of Pope, ...
To prove this it is alleged, that Johnson has misrepresented the circumstances
relative to the translation of the first Iliad, and maliciously ascribed that
performance to Addison, instead of Tickell, with too much reliance on the
testimony of Pope, ...
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| Título | The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius, Volumen1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Luke Hensard & Sons, 1810 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 15 Ago. 2008 |
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