The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 144
... elegance , though he was never able to retain the rules of grammar . Such is the account given by Mr. Fenton , from whose notes on Waller most of this account must be borrowed , though I know not whether all that he relates is certain ...
... elegance , though he was never able to retain the rules of grammar . Such is the account given by Mr. Fenton , from whose notes on Waller most of this account must be borrowed , though I know not whether all that he relates is certain ...
Pagina 152
... elegance of the poetry , and confine it to the sense of the pre- cepts , will find no other direction than that the author should be suitable to the translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who ...
... elegance of the poetry , and confine it to the sense of the pre- cepts , will find no other direction than that the author should be suitable to the translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who ...
Pagina 154
... elegance or vigour . His political verses are sprightly , and , when they were written , must have been very popular . Of the scene of Guarini , and the prologue to Pom- pey , Mrs. Phillips , in her letters to sir Charles Cot- terel ...
... elegance or vigour . His political verses are sprightly , and , when they were written , must have been very popular . Of the scene of Guarini , and the prologue to Pom- pey , Mrs. Phillips , in her letters to sir Charles Cot- terel ...
Pagina 159
... elegance of expression . But if the heart is interested , many other beauties may be wanting , yet not be missed . The same year produced the History and Fall of Caius Marius ; much of which is borrowed from the Romeo and Juliet of ...
... elegance of expression . But if the heart is interested , many other beauties may be wanting , yet not be missed . The same year produced the History and Fall of Caius Marius ; much of which is borrowed from the Romeo and Juliet of ...
Pagina 186
... and was not likely to ask any thing from those who should succeed him . Soon afterwards , the restoration supplied him with another subject ; and he exerted his imagination , 66 his elegance , and his melody , with equal 186 WALLER.
... and was not likely to ask any thing from those who should succeed him . Soon afterwards , the restoration supplied him with another subject ; and he exerted his imagination , 66 his elegance , and his melody , with equal 186 WALLER.
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