The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poetsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... better to prefer a blameless filence " before the office of speaking , bought and begun " with fervitude and forfwearing . " Thefe expreffions are , I find , applied to the fub . fcription of the Articles ; but it seems more probable ...
... better to prefer a blameless filence " before the office of speaking , bought and begun " with fervitude and forfwearing . " Thefe expreffions are , I find , applied to the fub . fcription of the Articles ; but it seems more probable ...
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... better " fhe is ever kecking at , and is queafy ; fhe vomits " now out of fickness ; but before it will be well " with her , the muft vomit with ftrong phyfick . The " univerfity , in the time of her better health , and my younger ...
... better " fhe is ever kecking at , and is queafy ; fhe vomits " now out of fickness ; but before it will be well " with her , the muft vomit with ftrong phyfick . The " univerfity , in the time of her better health , and my younger ...
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... better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth fatire : -Quid agis cum dira & fœdior omni Crimine perfona est ? As Salmafius reproached Milton with lofing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted himself ...
... better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth fatire : -Quid agis cum dira & fœdior omni Crimine perfona est ? As Salmafius reproached Milton with lofing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted himself ...
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... better ages , he might ftill be great among his contemporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of pofterity . He might ftill be a giant among the Pyg mies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . Of his ...
... better ages , he might ftill be great among his contemporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of pofterity . He might ftill be a giant among the Pyg mies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . Of his ...
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... better employed , had undoubtedly de- ferved compaffion ; but to add the mention of danger was ungrateful and unjuft . He was fallen indeed on evil days ; the time was come in which regicides could no longer boaft their wickedness . But ...
... better employed , had undoubtedly de- ferved compaffion ; but to add the mention of danger was ungrateful and unjuft . He was fallen indeed on evil days ; the time was come in which regicides could no longer boaft their wickedness . But ...
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Æneid againſt almoft anſwer appears becauſe cenfured character Charles Dryden compofition confidered converfation Cowley criticiſm critick defign defire difcovered dramatick Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh excellence expreffion fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feldom fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fure genius heroick himſelf houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden King labour laft laſt learning leaſt lefs Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffages paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reaſon reft rhyme ſeems ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tragedy tranflation Tyrannick Love univerfity uſe verfe verſes Virgil Waller whofe whoſe write written
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