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... work nine years unpublished , he will be still the author , and still in danger of
deceiving himself : and if he consults his friends he will probably find men who
have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct
.
... work nine years unpublished , he will be still the author , and still in danger of
deceiving himself : and if he consults his friends he will probably find men who
have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct
.
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What he has valuable he owes to his diligence and his judgment . His diligence
has justly placed him amongst the most correct of the English poets ; and he was
one of the first that resolutely endeavoured at correctness . He never sacrifices ...
What he has valuable he owes to his diligence and his judgment . His diligence
has justly placed him amongst the most correct of the English poets ; and he was
one of the first that resolutely endeavoured at correctness . He never sacrifices ...
Pagina 49
choice of topics , the train of argument , and , what is yet more , the general
predominance of philosophical judgment and poetical spirit . Correction seldom
effects more than the suppression of faults : a happy line , or a single elegance ,
may ...
choice of topics , the train of argument , and , what is yet more , the general
predominance of philosophical judgment and poetical spirit . Correction seldom
effects more than the suppression of faults : a happy line , or a single elegance ,
may ...
Pagina 50
His remarks result from the nature and reason of things , and are formed by a
judgment free and unbiassed by the authority of those who have lazily followed
each other in the same beaten track of thinking , and are arrived only at the ...
His remarks result from the nature and reason of things , and are formed by a
judgment free and unbiassed by the authority of those who have lazily followed
each other in the same beaten track of thinking , and are arrived only at the ...
Pagina 51
He promotes their interests , protects their reputation , extenuates their faults ,
and sets off their virtues , and by his candour guards them from the severity of his
judgment . He is not like those dry critics who are morose because they cannot ...
He promotes their interests , protects their reputation , extenuates their faults ,
and sets off their virtues , and by his candour guards them from the severity of his
judgment . He is not like those dry critics who are morose because they cannot ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Volume 159 van Cassell's national library |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Henry Morley |
| Uitgever | Cassell, 1892 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | University of Iowa |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 4 jan 2016 |
| Lengte | 192 pagina's |
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