The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 32-34Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... things as other people , without being fo feverely remarked upon . : I believe , if any one , early in his life , fhould con- template the dangerous fate of authors , he would scarce be of their number on any confideration . The life of ...
... things as other people , without being fo feverely remarked upon . : I believe , if any one , early in his life , fhould con- template the dangerous fate of authors , he would scarce be of their number on any confideration . The life of ...
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... things , as partly by malice , and partly by ignorance , have been afcribed to me . I must further acquit myself of the presumption of having lent my name to recommend any Miscellanies , or Works of other men ; a thing I never thought ...
... things , as partly by malice , and partly by ignorance , have been afcribed to me . I must further acquit myself of the presumption of having lent my name to recommend any Miscellanies , or Works of other men ; a thing I never thought ...
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... thing , as that every body- fhould be deceived merely for my credit . However , I defire it may then be confidered , That there are very few things in this colle & tion which were not written under the age of five and twenty : fo that ...
... thing , as that every body- fhould be deceived merely for my credit . However , I defire it may then be confidered , That there are very few things in this colle & tion which were not written under the age of five and twenty : fo that ...
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... things as will die of themselves ; and a Memento mori to fome of my vain contemporaries the Poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great , com- mended by the eminent ...
... things as will die of themselves ; and a Memento mori to fome of my vain contemporaries the Poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great , com- mended by the eminent ...
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... things in- animate ; by beautiful digreffions , but those short ; fome- times by insisting a little on circumstances ; and , lastly , by elegant turns on the words , which render the numbers extremely sweet and pleafing . As for the ...
... things in- animate ; by beautiful digreffions , but those short ; fome- times by insisting a little on circumstances ; and , lastly , by elegant turns on the words , which render the numbers extremely sweet and pleafing . As for the ...
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Page 24 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
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Page 3 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 107 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
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