Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... Poets , Specimens of Modern English Poets , Specimens of Ancient English Prose Writers without end . They used to be called Beauties . You have seen Beauties of Shake- speare ; so have many people that never saw any beauties in Shake ...
... Poets , Specimens of Modern English Poets , Specimens of Ancient English Prose Writers without end . They used to be called Beauties . You have seen Beauties of Shake- speare ; so have many people that never saw any beauties in Shake ...
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... poets , he said , he should not have been an exact bio- grapher if he had omitted them . The business of such a one , said he , is to give a complete account of the person whose life he is writing , and to discriminate him from all ...
... poets , he said , he should not have been an exact bio- grapher if he had omitted them . The business of such a one , said he , is to give a complete account of the person whose life he is writing , and to discriminate him from all ...
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... poems very much , and who had an Italian greyhound lying by the fire , he said , ' Shenstone holds amongst poets the same rank your dog holds amongst dogs ; he has not the sagacity of the hound , the docility of the spaniel , nor the ...
... poems very much , and who had an Italian greyhound lying by the fire , he said , ' Shenstone holds amongst poets the same rank your dog holds amongst dogs ; he has not the sagacity of the hound , the docility of the spaniel , nor the ...
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... poem , but has been heard to say , that he might have contributed three or four lines , taking together all he had done1 . He held all authors very cheap , that were not satisfied with the opinion of the publick about them . He used to ...
... poem , but has been heard to say , that he might have contributed three or four lines , taking together all he had done1 . He held all authors very cheap , that were not satisfied with the opinion of the publick about them . He used to ...
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... poem . ' He thought she was too reserved in conversation upon subjects she was so eminently able to converse upon , which was occasioned by her modesty and fear of giving offence 2 . Being asked whether he had read Mrs. Macaulay's ...
... poem . ' He thought she was too reserved in conversation upon subjects she was so eminently able to converse upon , which was occasioned by her modesty and fear of giving offence 2 . Being asked whether he had read Mrs. Macaulay's ...
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