The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson, Том 4John Nichols, 1790 |
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... advantages , having learned the art . of verfifying , he declared himself a poet ; and his claim to the laurel was allowed . But by a critick of a later generation who takes up his book without any favourable pre judices , the praise ...
... advantages , having learned the art . of verfifying , he declared himself a poet ; and his claim to the laurel was allowed . But by a critick of a later generation who takes up his book without any favourable pre judices , the praise ...
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... advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that thofe whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed upon the fummit of human life , have not ...
... advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that thofe whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed upon the fummit of human life , have not ...
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... advantages extrinfic and adventitious , and therefore cafily feparable : from thofe by whom they are poffeffed , fhould very often flatter the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give , raifes no aftonishment ; but it ...
... advantages extrinfic and adventitious , and therefore cafily feparable : from thofe by whom they are poffeffed , fhould very often flatter the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give , raifes no aftonishment ; but it ...
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... advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele , and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , careffed , and relieved . * Jacob's Lives of the Dramatick Poets . Dr. J. This play was printed firft in 8vo ; and afterwards in ...
... advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele , and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , careffed , and relieved . * Jacob's Lives of the Dramatick Poets . Dr. J. This play was printed firft in 8vo ; and afterwards in ...
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... advantage to him were per- formed . His mother was infected among others with the general madness of the South Sea traffic ; and , having been disappointed in her expectations , refused to pay what perhaps nothing but the profpect of ...
... advantage to him were per- formed . His mother was infected among others with the general madness of the South Sea traffic ; and , having been disappointed in her expectations , refused to pay what perhaps nothing but the profpect of ...
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