 | Steven N. Zwicker - 2004 - 322 pàgines
...undertaken the task of praise he no longer retains shame in himself, nor supposes it in his patron," and is "more delighted with the fertility of his invention than mortified by the prostitution of his judgement": his dedication to The State of Innocence is written "in a strain of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 612 pàgines
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 | Edward Andrew - 2006 - 297 pàgines
...lament the necessity: he considers the great as entitled to encomiastick homage, and brings praise rather as a tribute than a gift, more delighted with...the fertility of his invention than mortified by the prostitution of his judgment. It is indeed not certain, that on these occasions his judgment much rebelled... | |
 | H. J. C. Grierson - 2006 - 356 pàgines
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 | Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 480 pàgines
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 | George Olms - 644 pàgines
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Of this kind of meanness he never seems to decline the practice or lament the necessity : he considers the great as entitled to encomiastic homage ; and brings praise rather as a tribute than a gift, more delighted with the fertility of his invention... 
