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This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . ...
concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance of an
instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by Nature for literary
politeness .
This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . ...
concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance of an
instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by Nature for literary
politeness .
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To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit
reciprocal regard by an elaborate display of his own qualifications . The desire of
pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ;
but it ...
To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit
reciprocal regard by an elaborate display of his own qualifications . The desire of
pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ;
but it ...
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Wit , like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man , has its
changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the
beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be
termed the ...
Wit , like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man , has its
changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the
beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be
termed the ...
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copied nature nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the
operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow them to
be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall ...
copied nature nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the
operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow them to
be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall ...
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or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as
beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean
deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life ,
without ...
or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as
beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean
deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life ,
without ...
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| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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