Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... often as bells ufual- ly toll . Had that humanity , which is here lavished upon things of little con- fequence either to the living or to the dead , been fhewn in its proper place to the the living , I fhould have had lefs to say 92 YOUN G.
... often as bells ufual- ly toll . Had that humanity , which is here lavished upon things of little con- fequence either to the living or to the dead , been fhewn in its proper place to the the living , I fhould have had lefs to say 92 YOUN G.
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Samuel Johnson. the living , I fhould have had lefs to say about Lorenzo . They who lament that thefe misfortunes happened to Young , forget the praife he beftows upon So- crates , in the Preface to Night Seven , for refenting his ...
Samuel Johnson. the living , I fhould have had lefs to say about Lorenzo . They who lament that thefe misfortunes happened to Young , forget the praife he beftows upon So- crates , in the Preface to Night Seven , for refenting his ...
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Samuel Johnson. The Prophet says of Tyre , that her Merchants are Princes ; Young says of Tyre in his Merchant , Her merchants Princes , and each deck a Throne . Let burlesque try to go beyond him He has the trick of joining the turgid ...
Samuel Johnson. The Prophet says of Tyre , that her Merchants are Princes ; Young says of Tyre in his Merchant , Her merchants Princes , and each deck a Throne . Let burlesque try to go beyond him He has the trick of joining the turgid ...
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... say how , to increase the clamour against the miniftry , com- mended him among the other patriots . This drew upon him the reproaches of Fox , who , in the house , imputed to him as a crime his intimacy with a lam- pooner fo unjust and ...
... say how , to increase the clamour against the miniftry , com- mended him among the other patriots . This drew upon him the reproaches of Fox , who , in the house , imputed to him as a crime his intimacy with a lam- pooner fo unjust and ...
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... say that it is paftoral . His blank verfe in Blen- heim has neither much force nor much elegance . His little performances , whe- ther Songs or Epigrams , are fometimes fpritely and fometimes infipid . His epiftolary pieces have a ...
... say that it is paftoral . His blank verfe in Blen- heim has neither much force nor much elegance . His little performances , whe- ther Songs or Epigrams , are fometimes fpritely and fometimes infipid . His epiftolary pieces have a ...
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