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Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany - Page 330
1801
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pages
...p\ea£\K«. c& other minds: they never enquired what, on any occafion, they fhould have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, 5mpaflive and at leifure; as Epicureyi deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciffitudes...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 61

1780 - 596 pages
...pleafure of other minds : they never enquired what, on any occafion, they ihould have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human...deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the. vicifiitudes of life, without intereft and without emotion. Their courtfhip was void of fondnefs, and...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pages
...minds : they never enquired what, on any occafton, they ihould have faid or done ; but wrote rather at beholders than partakers of human nature ; as Beings...leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the aclions of men, and the viciffitudes of life, without iotereft and with- • out emotion. Their courtlhip...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 pages
...pleafure of ' other minds: they never enquired what, on any occafion, they fhould have faid or done; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of wen, and the viciffitudes...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...pleafure of other minds: they never enquired what, on any occafion, they fhould have faid or done; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure; as Epicurean deities, making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicifluudes...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...pleafure of other minds: they never encjuired what, on any occafion, they Ihould have laid or done; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure; as Epicurean deities making remarks on The aE¿ions of men, and the viciflitudes...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 444 pages
...pleafures of other minds; they never enquired what, on any occafion, they ihould have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impafliveand at Icifure, as Epicurean deities, making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciflitudes...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...pleasures of other minds: they never enquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 pages
...pleafures of other minds ; they never enquired what, on any occafion, they fhould have faid or done; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human...leifure, as Epicurean deities, making remarks on the aftions of men, and the vicifiitudes of life, without intereft and without emotion. Their courtfiiip...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...pleasure of other minds: they never inquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as epicurean deities, making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes...
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