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The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Lives of the poets - Page 330
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations of the ..., Volume 4

John Dryden - 1716 - 416 pages
...facred Sound, In Fields their fullen Conventicles found: Thefe grofs, half-animared Lumps, I leave; Not can I think what Thoughts they can conceive^ But if they think at all, 'tis fure no high'r Than Matret, put in Motion, may afpire. Souls that can fearce ferment their Mafs of...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1760 - 488 pages
...\Vho, far from fleeples and their facred found, In fields their fullen conventicles found. Thefe grofs, half-animated, lumps. I leave ; Nor can I think what...they can conceive. But if they think at. all, 'tis fure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may afpire : Souls that can fcarce ferment their mafs of...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1767 - 388 pages
...their facred found, In fields their fullen conventicles found. Thefe grofs, half-animated, lumps J leave; Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive. But if they think at all, 'tis fure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may afpire : Souls that can fcarce ferment their mafs of...
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Original Poems, Volume 2

John Dryden - 1773 - 268 pages
...found, In fields their fullen conventicles found. Thefe grofs, half animated lumps I leave; Nor can 1 think what thoughts they can conceive. But if they think at all, 'tis fure no high'r Than matter, put in motion, may afpire: Souls that can fearce ferment their mafs of...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...beast, 310 Were weary work ; nor will the Muse describe A slimy born and sun-begotten tribe, Who, far from steeples, and their sacred sound, In fields their...conventicles found. These gross, half-animated lumps I leave, 315 Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive ; But if they think at all, 'tis sure no high'r...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 13-14

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 pages
...Who, far from fteeples and their facred found, In fields their fullen conventicles found. Thefe grofe, half-animated, lumps I leave ; Nor can I think what...they can conceive. But, if they think at all, 'tis fure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may afpire : Souls that can fcarce ferment their maft of...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...fteeples and their facred found, In fields their fullen conventicles found. Thcle grofs, half animated, lumps I leave; Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive; But if they think at all, 'tis furc no * higher Than matter, put in motion, may afpirc; Souls that can fcarce ferment their mafs of...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...fields their, fullen conventicles found. '.Thefe grofs, half animated, lumps I , „ , ' ;lcave ; . Nor can I think what thoughts they can . • conceive ; .' But if they : think , at all, 'tis fure'iio v, higher . . . , -t , Than matter, put in motion,; may afpire; ,. Souls that can fcarceA...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Dryden. Smith. Duke. King ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 pages
..."Who, far from fteeples and their facred found, In fields their fulkn conventicles found. Thefe grofs, half-animated, lumps I leave ; Nor can I think what...they can conceive} But if they think at all, 'tis fure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may afpire ; Souls that can fcarce ferment their mafs of...
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Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pages
...Who, far from fteeples and their facred found, In fields their fullen conventicles found. Thefe grofs, half-animated, lumps I leave ; Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive i But if they think at all, 'tis fure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may afpire ; Souls Souls...
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