Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Barnes & Noble, 1966 - 488 pages |
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... poet , Johnson was peculiarly happy in mentioning how many of the sons of Pembroke were poets ; adding , with a smile of sportive triumph , “ Sir , we are a nest of singing - birds . " The College has not been wanting in scholars in ...
... poet , Johnson was peculiarly happy in mentioning how many of the sons of Pembroke were poets ; adding , with a smile of sportive triumph , “ Sir , we are a nest of singing - birds . " The College has not been wanting in scholars in ...
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... poet . JOHNS . Sir , a man may be a respectable poet without being a Homer , as a man may be a good player without being a Garrick . In the lighter kinds of poetry , in the appendages of the drama , he was , if not the first , in the ...
... poet . JOHNS . Sir , a man may be a respectable poet without being a Homer , as a man may be a good player without being a Garrick . In the lighter kinds of poetry , in the appendages of the drama , he was , if not the first , in the ...
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... poet , though he has no more ear or imagination than they have . ' Gibbon wrote on July 3 , 1782 : - ' I hope you like Mr. Hayley's poem ; he rises with his subject , and , since Pope's death , I am satisfied that England has not seen ...
... poet , though he has no more ear or imagination than they have . ' Gibbon wrote on July 3 , 1782 : - ' I hope you like Mr. Hayley's poem ; he rises with his subject , and , since Pope's death , I am satisfied that England has not seen ...
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Apophthegms c from Hawkinss Edition of Johnsons Works | 21 |
Anecdotes from the Rev Dr Thomas Campbells Diary of a Visit | 39 |
Anecdotes from Penningtons Memoirs of Mrs Carter | 58 |
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