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... whole blame upon his judges , and to- tally to exclude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reafon : it certainly has , in a very great ...
... whole blame upon his judges , and to- tally to exclude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reafon : it certainly has , in a very great ...
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... whole endeavour ; but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , inftead of writing poetry they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo ...
... whole endeavour ; but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , inftead of writing poetry they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo ...
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... whole mind , and of which the firft effect is fudden afto- nishment , and the fecond rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift in ...
... whole mind , and of which the firft effect is fudden afto- nishment , and the fecond rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift in ...
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Samuel Johnson. Of life and motion , and with equal art Made up the whole again of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun ...
Samuel Johnson. Of life and motion , and with equal art Made up the whole again of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun ...
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... whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking Cowley is , tacitly at least , confeffed to have mifcarried . There are not many examples of fo great a work , produced by an author generally read , and ...
... whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking Cowley is , tacitly at least , confeffed to have mifcarried . There are not many examples of fo great a work , produced by an author generally read , and ...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work Samuel Johnson Visualização completa - 1795 |
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