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... poetry has become more splendid " since Dryden's time ( 1 : 453 ) —thought of the diction of poetry as a stock of words and phrases which began with Dryden and which was added to or borrowed from by most succeeding poets . Those who ...
... poetry has become more splendid " since Dryden's time ( 1 : 453 ) —thought of the diction of poetry as a stock of words and phrases which began with Dryden and which was added to or borrowed from by most succeeding poets . Those who ...
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... poetic diction used seriously , there can be equally little doubt that he , following an example set by earlier ... poetry : " the pension'd band " ( London , 1. 200 ) ; " the writing race " ( Prologue to Lethe , 1. 1 ) ; " ye glitt ...
... poetic diction used seriously , there can be equally little doubt that he , following an example set by earlier ... poetry : " the pension'd band " ( London , 1. 200 ) ; " the writing race " ( Prologue to Lethe , 1. 1 ) ; " ye glitt ...
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... poetry . " The poem , a poor one , is by John Hawkesworth ( Life . I : 182 ) . Johnson held William Mason's writings in low esteem ; Boswell often wondered at this . He had always " entertained a warm admi- ration " for Mason's poetry ...
... poetry . " The poem , a poor one , is by John Hawkesworth ( Life . I : 182 ) . Johnson held William Mason's writings in low esteem ; Boswell often wondered at this . He had always " entertained a warm admi- ration " for Mason's poetry ...
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Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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