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Pagina 77
Samuel Johnson. There are , however , in this part some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning : The diligence of trades , and noiseful gain , And luxury , more ... attention , he settled his prin- LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ...
Samuel Johnson. There are , however , in this part some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning : The diligence of trades , and noiseful gain , And luxury , more ... attention , he settled his prin- LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ...
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... attention upon age and death , was the author's favourite . To tell of disap- pointment and misery , to thicken the darkness of futurity , and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty , has been always a delicious employment of the poets ...
... attention upon age and death , was the author's favourite . To tell of disap- pointment and misery , to thicken the darkness of futurity , and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty , has been always a delicious employment of the poets ...
Pagina 348
... attention by the illaudable singularity of treat- ing suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle tenderness ; nor has Pope produced any poem in which ...
... attention by the illaudable singularity of treat- ing suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle tenderness ; nor has Pope produced any poem in which ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
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