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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius - Page 244
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846
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Annual Register, Volume 25

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 624 pages
...range; and he coMcels his images and illuftralions. from a more extenfivc circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minule attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
...range, and he colledts hi> images and illuflrations from a more extenfive circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...range, and he collects his images and illuftrations from a more extenfive circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...range, and he collects his images and illuftrations from a more extenfi ve circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive {peculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...and he collects his images and illuftrations from a more extenfive circumference of fcience. Drydett. knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpe* culation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...range, and he collets his images and and illuftrations from a more extenfive circumference of tcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation ; and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...range, and he collects his images »nd illuftrations from a more extenfive circumference of fciencc. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation ; and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...range, and he colle&s his images and illuftrations from a more extenlive circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehenfive fpeculation ': thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is-more digiiity in the knowledge...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...education was more fcholaftic, and who, before he became an author, had been allowed more time for ftudy, with better means of information. His mind has a larger...collects his images and illustrations from a more exteniive circumference of fcicnce. Dryden knew more of man in his genmil nature, anil Pope in his...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison ...

1794 - 918 pages
...larger range, and he cólicas hit images and illufirations from a more enenuve circumference of fcience. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and...local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by a comprehenfive fpeculation, and thofe of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge...
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