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Pagina 3
Love ' s Riddle , " with a poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm , Digby ; of whose
acquaintance all his cotemporaries seem to ... having neither the facility of a
popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally
neglected .
Love ' s Riddle , " with a poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm , Digby ; of whose
acquaintance all his cotemporaries seem to ... having neither the facility of a
popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally
neglected .
Pagina 5
... they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance ,
and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by
flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice .
... they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance ,
and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by
flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice .
Pagina 6
... in which he seems to have inserted something suppressed in subsequent
editions , which was interpreted to denote some ... his biographer has been very
diligent to clear him ; and indeed it does not seem to have lessened his
reputation .
... in which he seems to have inserted something suppressed in subsequent
editions , which was interpreted to denote some ... his biographer has been very
diligent to clear him ; and indeed it does not seem to have lessened his
reputation .
Pagina 29
If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his
power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class
of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any ...
If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his
power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class
of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any ...
Pagina 30
From the charge of profaneness , the constant tenor of his life , which seems to
have been eminently virtuous , and the general tendency of his opinions , which
discover no irreverence of religion , must défend him ; but that the accusation of ...
From the charge of profaneness , the constant tenor of his life , which seems to
have been eminently virtuous , and the general tendency of his opinions , which
discover no irreverence of religion , must défend him ; but that the accusation of ...
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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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