Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets. By Samuel Johnson. Volume the First [- Tenth], Volume 31779 - 349 pages |
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Page 16
... praise . There feems to be in the conduct of . Sir Robert Howard and Dryden towards each other , fomething that is not now . eafily to be explained . Dryden , in his dedication to the earl of Orrery , had defended dramatick rhyme ; and ...
... praise . There feems to be in the conduct of . Sir Robert Howard and Dryden towards each other , fomething that is not now . eafily to be explained . Dryden , in his dedication to the earl of Orrery , had defended dramatick rhyme ; and ...
Page 36
... praise advance ; " To whom , by instinct , all thy stuff is ❝dear ; " Their loud claps echo to the theatre . " From breaths of fools thy commen- " dation fpreads , " Fame fings thy praife with mouths " of loggerheads . " With noise and ...
... praise advance ; " To whom , by instinct , all thy stuff is ❝dear ; " Their loud claps echo to the theatre . " From breaths of fools thy commen- " dation fpreads , " Fame fings thy praife with mouths " of loggerheads . " With noise and ...
Page 38
... praises those of his lady , not only as a lover but a partner of his studies . It is unpleafing to think how many names , once celebrated , are fince forgotten . Of Of Newcastle's works nothing is now known but his treatife 38 DRY D E N.
... praises those of his lady , not only as a lover but a partner of his studies . It is unpleafing to think how many names , once celebrated , are fince forgotten . Of Of Newcastle's works nothing is now known but his treatife 38 DRY D E N.
Page 67
... praising human excellence in the language of religion . The preface contains an apology for heroick verfe , and poetick licence ; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contracting or extending words , but the ufe of bold fictions ...
... praising human excellence in the language of religion . The preface contains an apology for heroick verfe , and poetick licence ; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contracting or extending words , but the ufe of bold fictions ...
Page 78
... praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be imagined able to refift . But he seems to have made flat- tery too cheap . That praife is worth nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of his copies , he often ...
... praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be imagined able to refift . But he seems to have made flat- tery too cheap . That praife is worth nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of his copies , he often ...
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