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Pàgina xxii
... common rules of society . It must be also remarked , that in Johnson's time , the literary society of London was much more confined than at present , and that he sat the Jupiter of a little circle , sometimes indeed nodding approba ...
... common rules of society . It must be also remarked , that in Johnson's time , the literary society of London was much more confined than at present , and that he sat the Jupiter of a little circle , sometimes indeed nodding approba ...
Pàgina xxiv
... common lot , was made up of drizzle and dry weather ; but innocence and worth dwelt in it ; and , when death had ended it , a certain sacredness . Johnson's deathless affection for his Tetty was always vene- rable and noble . " So , too ...
... common lot , was made up of drizzle and dry weather ; but innocence and worth dwelt in it ; and , when death had ended it , a certain sacredness . Johnson's deathless affection for his Tetty was always vene- rable and noble . " So , too ...
Pàgina 10
... common readers of poetry . Thus , Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix truth did on it rest , And built his perfumed nest , 2 : JE That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic show . Each ...
... common readers of poetry . Thus , Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix truth did on it rest , And built his perfumed nest , 2 : JE That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic show . Each ...
Pàgina 16
... common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business ; when ...
... common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business ; when ...
Pàgina 17
... common subjects often unnecessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scholastic speculation can be properly admitted , their copiousness and acuteness may justly be admired . What Cowley has written upon Hope shows an unequalled ...
... common subjects often unnecessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scholastic speculation can be properly admitted , their copiousness and acuteness may justly be admired . What Cowley has written upon Hope shows an unequalled ...
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