The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 53
... written with such depravity of genius , such mixture of the fop and pedant , as has not often appeared . The epitome is free enough from affectation , but has little spirit or vigourt . In 1712 , he brought upon the stage the Distrest ...
... written with such depravity of genius , such mixture of the fop and pedant , as has not often appeared . The epitome is free enough from affectation , but has little spirit or vigourt . In 1712 , he brought upon the stage the Distrest ...
Pagina 69
... written . He planned several tragedies , but he only planned them . He wrote now and then odes and other poems , and did something , however little . About this time I fell into his company . His appearance was decent and manly ; his ...
... written . He planned several tragedies , but he only planned them . He wrote now and then odes and other poems , and did something , however little . About this time I fell into his company . His appearance was decent and manly ; his ...
Pagina 316
... written for the theatre ; and thus thrust into the world surrep- titiously and hastily , they suffered another depra- vation from the ignorance and negligence of the printers , as every man who knows the state of the press , in that age ...
... written for the theatre ; and thus thrust into the world surrep- titiously and hastily , they suffered another depra- vation from the ignorance and negligence of the printers , as every man who knows the state of the press , in that age ...
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