Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... poet have of late been so signally illus- - it must ever appear very suspicious , that three different accounts of the Life of Richard Savage , one published in " The Plain Dealer , " in 1724 , another in 1727 , and another by the ...
... poet have of late been so signally illus- - it must ever appear very suspicious , that three different accounts of the Life of Richard Savage , one published in " The Plain Dealer , " in 1724 , another in 1727 , and another by the ...
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... poet suppose himself to have the gout as well as suppose himself to be in love , of which we have innumerable ... poets have flattered ; he therefore ironically as- cribes to her the attributes of the sky , in such stanzas as this ...
... poet suppose himself to have the gout as well as suppose himself to be in love , of which we have innumerable ... poets have flattered ; he therefore ironically as- cribes to her the attributes of the sky , in such stanzas as this ...
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... poetry , that it would be superfluous to point them out . In the " Gentleman's Magazine " for December this year , he inserted an " Ode on Winter , " which is , I think , an admirable specime specimen of his genius for lyric poetry ...
... poetry , that it would be superfluous to point them out . In the " Gentleman's Magazine " for December this year , he inserted an " Ode on Winter , " which is , I think , an admirable specime specimen of his genius for lyric poetry ...
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... poet had contributed towards a great literary project , that had been the subject of important consideration in a former reign . The booksellers who contracted with Johnson , single and unaided , for the exe- cution of a work , which in ...
... poet had contributed towards a great literary project , that had been the subject of important consideration in a former reign . The booksellers who contracted with Johnson , single and unaided , for the exe- cution of a work , which in ...
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... poets , who used to conclude each act with a rhyme ; and the expres- sion in the first line of his couplet , “ Celestial powers , " though proper in Pagan poetry , is ill suited to Chris- tianity , with " a conformity " to which he ...
... poets , who used to conclude each act with a rhyme ; and the expres- sion in the first line of his couplet , “ Celestial powers , " though proper in Pagan poetry , is ill suited to Chris- tianity , with " a conformity " to which he ...
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