The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works. By Samuel Johnson. A New Edition, Corrected ..Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful ho- mage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the bafis of all excellence is truth : * In the ...
... fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful ho- mage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the bafis of all excellence is truth : * In the ...
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... tual neceffity of an accord is vifible ; the King " is perfuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the 66 66 B 4 " reft ) , " reft ) , Virgil has told the fame thing COWLE Y. 7.
... tual neceffity of an accord is vifible ; the King " is perfuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the 66 66 B 4 " reft ) , " reft ) , Virgil has told the fame thing COWLE Y. 7.
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Samuel Johnson. " reft ) , Virgil has told the fame thing to that purpose . " This expreffion from a fecretary of the prefent time , would confidered as merely ludicrous , or at moft as an oftentatious difplay of fcholarship ; but the ...
Samuel Johnson. " reft ) , Virgil has told the fame thing to that purpose . " This expreffion from a fecretary of the prefent time , would confidered as merely ludicrous , or at moft as an oftentatious difplay of fcholarship ; but the ...
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... fame time were produced , from the fame univerfity , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite prin- ciples ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works ...
... fame time were produced , from the fame univerfity , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of diffimilar genius , of oppofite prin- ciples ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works ...
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... fame , by improving the harmony of our num- bers . Milton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment and more mufick . Suckling ...
... fame , by improving the harmony of our num- bers . Milton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment and more mufick . Suckling ...
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