Life of Johnson, Volumen2H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... Poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not interested in the truth of them when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his ...
... Poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not interested in the truth of them when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his ...
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... , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded Muse , whipt with loose reins . ' } I like to recollect all the passages that I heard Johnson re- peat it stamps a value on them . 1776 ] CIBBER'S LIVES OF THE POETS 6 21 He.
... , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded Muse , whipt with loose reins . ' } I like to recollect all the passages that I heard Johnson re- peat it stamps a value on them . 1776 ] CIBBER'S LIVES OF THE POETS 6 21 He.
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James Boswell. 1776 ] CIBBER'S LIVES OF THE POETS 6 21 He told us , that the book entitled The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels , a Scotch- man , one of his amanuenses . The bookseller ( said he ...
James Boswell. 1776 ] CIBBER'S LIVES OF THE POETS 6 21 He told us , that the book entitled The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels , a Scotch- man , one of his amanuenses . The bookseller ( said he ...
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... Poets , compiled by Messrs . Cibber and Shiels , from a sincere regard to that sacred principle of Truth , to which Dr. Johnson so rigidly adhered , according to the best of his knowledge ; and which we believe , no consideration would ...
... Poets , compiled by Messrs . Cibber and Shiels , from a sincere regard to that sacred principle of Truth , to which Dr. Johnson so rigidly adhered , according to the best of his knowledge ; and which we believe , no consideration would ...
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... Poetry , indeed , cannot be translated ; and , therefore , it is the poets that preserve languages ; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language , if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But ...
... Poetry , indeed , cannot be translated ; and , therefore , it is the poets that preserve languages ; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language , if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But ...
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