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Pagina 15
Solomon ” is the work to which he intrusted the protection of his name , and which
he expected succeeding ages to regard with veneration . His affection was
natural ; it had undoubtedly , been written with great labour ; and who is willing to
...
Solomon ” is the work to which he intrusted the protection of his name , and which
he expected succeeding ages to regard with veneration . His affection was
natural ; it had undoubtedly , been written with great labour ; and who is willing to
...
Pagina 32
He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection
cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censures ,
which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . “ I am not
free ...
He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection
cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censures ,
which he expresses in language such as Cheapside easily furnished . “ I am not
free ...
Pagina 39
One passage, which I have found already twice, I will here exhibit, because I
think it better imagined, and better expressed, than could be expected from the
common tenor of his prose: “– As the several combinations of splenetic madness
and ...
One passage, which I have found already twice, I will here exhibit, because I
think it better imagined, and better expressed, than could be expected from the
common tenor of his prose: “– As the several combinations of splenetic madness
and ...
Pagina 41
... invective against inoculation ; on cons nsumptions , the spleen , the gout , the
rheumatism , the king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the diabetes ,
and the plague . Of those books , if I had read them , it could not be expected that
...
... invective against inoculation ; on cons nsumptions , the spleen , the gout , the
rheumatism , the king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the diabetes ,
and the plague . Of those books , if I had read them , it could not be expected that
...
Pagina 67
... and has something of vigour beyond most of his other performances : his
precepts are just , and his cautions proper ; they are indeed not new , but in a
didactic poem novelty is to be expected only in the ornaments and illustrations .
... and has something of vigour beyond most of his other performances : his
precepts are just , and his cautions proper ; they are indeed not new , but in a
didactic poem novelty is to be expected only in the ornaments and illustrations .
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2 Volume 419 van Collection of British and American authors Collection of British authors ; no. 418-419 Volume 418 van Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | B. Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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