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Pagina 11
His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ;
and are , for the most part , as exact , at least , as those of other poets , though
now and then the reader is shifted off with what he can get : O how transform'd !
His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ;
and are , for the most part , as exact , at least , as those of other poets , though
now and then the reader is shifted off with what he can get : O how transform'd !
Pagina 28
... of which , perhaps , none of my readers has ever heard . That in his school , as
in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there
is no reason for doubting . One part of his method deserves general imitation .
... of which , perhaps , none of my readers has ever heard . That in his school , as
in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there
is no reason for doubting . One part of his method deserves general imitation .
Pagina 58
He , long before , had promised to adorn his native country by some great
performance , while he had z It is scarcely necessary to inform the reader , that
this relation of Voltaire's was perfectly true , as far as relates to the existence of
the play ...
He , long before , had promised to adorn his native country by some great
performance , while he had z It is scarcely necessary to inform the reader , that
this relation of Voltaire's was perfectly true , as far as relates to the existence of
the play ...
Pagina 69
To prove the paucity of readers , it may be sufficient to remark , that the nation
had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664 , that is , forty - one years , with only two
editions of the works of Shakespeare , which , probably , did not together make
one ...
To prove the paucity of readers , it may be sufficient to remark , that the nation
had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664 , that is , forty - one years , with only two
editions of the works of Shakespeare , which , probably , did not together make
one ...
Pagina 70
... who , of their own accord , greedily catched at the opportunity of being his
readers , that they might as well reap the benefit of what they read to him , as
oblige him by the benefit of their reading ; and others of younger years were sent
by their ...
... who , of their own accord , greedily catched at the opportunity of being his
readers , that they might as well reap the benefit of what they read to him , as
oblige him by the benefit of their reading ; and others of younger years were sent
by their ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| 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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