The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson, Том 4John Nichols, 1790 |
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... it . Not content with this , he is fupposed to have incited Gay to write the Shepherd's Week , to fhew , that if it be neceffary to copy nature with minutenefs , rural life 11 must be exhibited fuch as groffnefs and igno- rance have made it ...
... it . Not content with this , he is fupposed to have incited Gay to write the Shepherd's Week , to fhew , that if it be neceffary to copy nature with minutenefs , rural life 11 must be exhibited fuch as groffnefs and igno- rance have made it ...
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... it received no applaufe : he printed it , however ; and feven- teen years after , having altered it , and , as he thought , adapted it more to the public tafte , he offered it again to the town ; but , though he was flushed with the ...
... it received no applaufe : he printed it , however ; and feven- teen years after , having altered it , and , as he thought , adapted it more to the public tafte , he offered it again to the town ; but , though he was flushed with the ...
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... it was one of the lucky trifles that give pleasure by novelty , and was so much favoured by the audience , that envy appeared against it in the form of criticifm ; and Griffin , a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theobald , S a man ...
... it was one of the lucky trifles that give pleasure by novelty , and was so much favoured by the audience , that envy appeared against it in the form of criticifm ; and Griffin , a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theobald , S a man ...
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... it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward the Foffilift , a man not really or justly contempti- ble . It had the fate which fuch outrages de- ferve the fcene in which Woodward was di- rectly and apparently ridiculed , by the intro ...
... it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward the Foffilift , a man not really or justly contempti- ble . It had the fate which fuch outrages de- ferve the fcene in which Woodward was di- rectly and apparently ridiculed , by the intro ...
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... it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intruft it to the funds , and live upon the intereft ; Arbuth- not bade him intruft it to Providence , and live upon the principal ; Pope directed him , and was feconded by Swift ...
... it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intruft it to the funds , and live upon the intereft ; Arbuth- not bade him intruft it to Providence , and live upon the principal ; Pope directed him , and was feconded by Swift ...
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