The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... poetry ; for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , not- withstanding his resolutions and professions , he re- turned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several ...
... poetry ; for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Æneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , not- withstanding his resolutions and professions , he re- turned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several ...
Pagina 4
... poetry who has succeeded ? It might be hoped that the favour of his master , and esteem of the publick , would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much dis- quiet , as ...
... poetry who has succeeded ? It might be hoped that the favour of his master , and esteem of the publick , would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much dis- quiet , as ...
Pagina 5
... poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in ...
... poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in ...
Pagina 6
... Poets are sultans , if they had their will ; For ev'ry author would his brother kill . And Pope , Should such a man ... poetry but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words ...
... Poets are sultans , if they had their will ; For ev'ry author would his brother kill . And Pope , Should such a man ... poetry but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words ...
Pagina 7
... poetry , has , in itself , a very high claim to praise , and its praise is yet more , when it is apparently copied by Garth and Poped ; after whose names little will be gained by an enu- meration of smaller poets , that have left ...
... poetry , has , in itself , a very high claim to praise , and its praise is yet more , when it is apparently copied by Garth and Poped ; after whose names little will be gained by an enu- meration of smaller poets , that have left ...
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