Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Հատոր 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... elegance of language and force of sentiment . Jonathan Swift was , according to an account said to be written by himself , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 : according to his ...
... elegance of language and force of sentiment . Jonathan Swift was , according to an account said to be written by himself , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 : according to his ...
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... elegance , it can only be objected , that , like many projects , it is , if not generally impracticable , yet evidently hopeless , as it supposes more zeal , concord , and perseverance , than a view of mankind gives reason for expecting ...
... elegance , it can only be objected , that , like many projects , it is , if not generally impracticable , yet evidently hopeless , as it supposes more zeal , concord , and perseverance , than a view of mankind gives reason for expecting ...
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... elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his publick days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like other Ladies . On other days he ...
... elegance among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his publick days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like other Ladies . On other days he ...
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... elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la ...
... elegance , often visited him ; and he wrote from time to time either verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la ...
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... elegance of de- afterwards enlarged into two volumes , 12mo , and called Pope's Mis- cellany . - P . Cunningham . 1 Rosicrucians , or Rosycrucians , were a sect or secret society in Germany , the history of which is now very obscure ...
... elegance of de- afterwards enlarged into two volumes , 12mo , and called Pope's Mis- cellany . - P . Cunningham . 1 Rosicrucians , or Rosycrucians , were a sect or secret society in Germany , the history of which is now very obscure ...
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Էջ 171 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
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Էջ 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
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Էջ 182 - The freaks, and humours, and spleen, and vanity, of women, as they embroil families in discord, and fill houses with disquiet, do more to obstruct the happiness of life in a year, than the ambition of the clergy in many centuries.
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Էջ 172 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
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