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... resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published
Cooper's Hill . This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by
which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the performance ...
... resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published
Cooper's Hill . This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by
which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the performance ...
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His poem on the death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works ,
his best performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just .
Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original
...
His poem on the death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works ,
his best performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just .
Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original
...
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The last dramatick performance at either university , was the Grateful Fair , written
by Christopher Smart , and represented at Pembroke College , Cambridge ,
about 1747. R. of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing
18 ...
The last dramatick performance at either university , was the Grateful Fair , written
by Christopher Smart , and represented at Pembroke College , Cambridge ,
about 1747. R. of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing
18 ...
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Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment
on great promises and small performance , on the man who hastens home ,
because his countrymen are contending for their liberty , and , when he reaches
the ...
Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment
on great promises and small performance , on the man who hastens home ,
because his countrymen are contending for their liberty , and , when he reaches
the ...
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... for paradox , recommended by spirit and elegance , easily gains attention ; and
he , who told every man that he was equal to his king , could hardly want an
audience . That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal
rapidity ...
... for paradox , recommended by spirit and elegance , easily gains attention ; and
he , who told every man that he was equal to his king , could hardly want an
audience . That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal
rapidity ...
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| Titolo | The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autore | Samuel Johnson |
| Editore | Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Indiana University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 gen 2009 |
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