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... Of tracing word by word and line by line . Those are the labour'd births of
slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose
narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words , A new and
nobler way ...
... Of tracing word by word and line by line . Those are the labour'd births of
slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose
narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words , A new and
nobler way ...
Pagina 7
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
...
Pagina 13
... and with such minute inquiry , that I might , perhaps , more properly have
contented myself with the addition of a few notes on Mr. Fenton's elegant
Abridgement , but that a new narrative was thought necessary to the uniformity of
this edition .
... and with such minute inquiry , that I might , perhaps , more properly have
contented myself with the addition of a few notes on Mr. Fenton's elegant
Abridgement , but that a new narrative was thought necessary to the uniformity of
this edition .
Pagina 15
At fifteen , a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two
psalms , 114 and 136 , which he thought worthy of the publick eye ; but they raise
no great expectations : they would , in any numerous school , have obtained ...
At fifteen , a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two
psalms , 114 and 136 , which he thought worthy of the publick eye ; but they raise
no great expectations : they would , in any numerous school , have obtained ...
Pagina 18
... that whoever became a clergyman must “ subscribe slave , and take an oath
withal , which , unless he took with a conscience that could retch , he must
straight perjure himself . He thought it better to prefer a blameless silence , before
the ...
... that whoever became a clergyman must “ subscribe slave , and take an oath
withal , which , unless he took with a conscience that could retch , he must
straight perjure himself . He thought it better to prefer a blameless silence , before
the ...
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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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