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... Poets , were wholly neglected . But in truth Mr. Boswell himself has , more than any other writer , contributed to create the public taste for biographical details ; " the minute selection of cha- racteristic circumstances " was neither ...
... Poets , were wholly neglected . But in truth Mr. Boswell himself has , more than any other writer , contributed to create the public taste for biographical details ; " the minute selection of cha- racteristic circumstances " was neither ...
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... poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub Street . " — " Lexicographer , a writer of dictionaries , a harmless drudge . " At the time when he was concluding his very eloquent Preface , Johnson's mind appears to have been in such ...
... poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub Street . " — " Lexicographer , a writer of dictionaries , a harmless drudge . " At the time when he was concluding his very eloquent Preface , Johnson's mind appears to have been in such ...
Pagina 67
... poets have had Dr. Watts before their eyes ; a writer , who , if he stood not in the first class of genius , compensated that defect by a ready application of his powers to the promotion of piety . The attempt to employ the orna- ments ...
... poets have had Dr. Watts before their eyes ; a writer , who , if he stood not in the first class of genius , compensated that defect by a ready application of his powers to the promotion of piety . The attempt to employ the orna- ments ...
Pagina 74
... poem of Dr. Madden's called " Boulter's Monument . " ( 1 ) " ( 1 ) The reason ( said he ) why I wish for it , is this : when Dr. Madden came to London , he submitted that work to my castiga- tion ; and I remember I blotted a great many ...
... poem of Dr. Madden's called " Boulter's Monument . " ( 1 ) " ( 1 ) The reason ( said he ) why I wish for it , is this : when Dr. Madden came to London , he submitted that work to my castiga- tion ; and I remember I blotted a great many ...
Pagina 78
... poems ; and , on the whole , was a most sensible , agreeable , and amiable woman . She was sister to the Rev. River Jones , Chanter of Christ Church Cathedral at Oxford , and Johnson used to call her the Chantress . I have heard him ...
... poems ; and , on the whole , was a most sensible , agreeable , and amiable woman . She was sister to the Rev. River Jones , Chanter of Christ Church Cathedral at Oxford , and Johnson used to call her the Chantress . I have heard him ...
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