The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... supplied with grand as with soft images ; for beauty is more easily found than magnanimity . The delicacy which he cultivated , restrains him to a certain nicety and caution , even when he writes upon the slightest matter . He has ...
... supplied with grand as with soft images ; for beauty is more easily found than magnanimity . The delicacy which he cultivated , restrains him to a certain nicety and caution , even when he writes upon the slightest matter . He has ...
Pagina 234
... supplied . He seems not born to greatness and elevation . He is never lofty , nor does he often surprise with unexpected excellence : but , perhaps , to his last poem may be applied what Tully said of the work of Lucretius , that " it ...
... supplied . He seems not born to greatness and elevation . He is never lofty , nor does he often surprise with unexpected excellence : but , perhaps , to his last poem may be applied what Tully said of the work of Lucretius , that " it ...
Pagina 248
... supplied . John Dryden was born August 9 , 1631 * , at Ald- winkle , near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden , of Titchmersh ; who was the third son of sir Erasmus Dryden , baronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in ...
... supplied . John Dryden was born August 9 , 1631 * , at Ald- winkle , near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden , of Titchmersh ; who was the third son of sir Erasmus Dryden , baronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in ...
Pagina 284
... supplied by Langbaine . The Rehearsal was played in 1671 , but not published till the next year ; The Wild Gal- lant was printed in 1669 , The Maiden Queen in 1668 , Tyrannick Love in 1670 ; the two parts of Granada were performed in ...
... supplied by Langbaine . The Rehearsal was played in 1671 , but not published till the next year ; The Wild Gal- lant was printed in 1669 , The Maiden Queen in 1668 , Tyrannick Love in 1670 ; the two parts of Granada were performed in ...
Pagina 322
... what were his means of supplying them . That which is easy at one time was difficult at another . Dryden at least im- ported his science , and gave his country what it wanted before ; or rather , he imported only the 322 DRYDEN.
... what were his means of supplying them . That which is easy at one time was difficult at another . Dryden at least im- ported his science , and gave his country what it wanted before ; or rather , he imported only the 322 DRYDEN.
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