The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excel- lence . A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was ...
... poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excel- lence . A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was ...
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... poem on Pru- dence and Justice , and , perhaps , some of his other pieces ; and as he appears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and made a ...
... poem on Pru- dence and Justice , and , perhaps , some of his other pieces ; and as he appears , whenever any serious question comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poetical powers to religion , and made a ...
Pagina 5
... poem upon the death of Cowley , whom he was not long to survive ; for , on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was buried ... poems , there is , perhaps , none that does not deserve commendation . b In the ninth and tenth chapters of the ...
... poem upon the death of Cowley , whom he was not long to survive ; for , on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was buried ... poems , there is , perhaps , none that does not deserve commendation . b In the ninth and tenth chapters of the ...
Pagina 6
... Poets are sultans , if they had their will ; For ev'ry author would his brother kill . And Pope , Should such a man ... poem to Fanshaw , and his elegy on Cowley . His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini con- tains a very sprightly ...
... Poets are sultans , if they had their will ; For ev'ry author would his brother kill . And Pope , Should such a man ... poem to Fanshaw , and his elegy on Cowley . His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini con- tains a very sprightly ...
Pagina 7
... 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 ...
... 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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