The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when they told Cowley.how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill ...
... censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when they told Cowley.how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill ...
Pagina 44
... censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same propor- tion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the ...
... censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same propor- tion . They are written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the ...
Pagina 53
... censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be erro- neous , yet many parts deserve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new ...
... censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be erro- neous , yet many parts deserve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new ...
Pagina 61
... censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi e fato e la natura Ministri humili , e ' l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the ...
... censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi e fato e la natura Ministri humili , e ' l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the ...
Pagina 64
... censured as negli- gent . He seems not to have known , or not to have considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the ...
... censured as negli- gent . He seems not to have known , or not to have considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the ...
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