The Works of Samuel Johnson,4: With Murphy's EssayGeorge Cowie and Company, 1825 |
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With Murphy's Essay Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE POETS . ! GAY . JOHN GAY , descended from an old family that had ... poetry . Being born without prospect of hereditary riches , he was sent to London in his youth , and placed ...
With Murphy's Essay Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE POETS . ! GAY . JOHN GAY , descended from an old family that had ... poetry . Being born without prospect of hereditary riches , he was sent to London in his youth , and placed ...
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... poet ; and his claim to the laurel was allowed . But by a critick of a later generation , who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought sufficient ; for his works do not shew him ...
... poet ; and his claim to the laurel was allowed . But by a critick of a later generation , who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought sufficient ; for his works do not shew him ...
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... Poetry is not inele- gant nor injudicious , and has something of vigour beyond most of his other performances : his precepts are just , and his cautions proper ; they are indeed not new , but in a di- dactick poem novelty is to be ...
... Poetry is not inele- gant nor injudicious , and has something of vigour beyond most of his other performances : his precepts are just , and his cautions proper ; they are indeed not new , but in a di- dactick poem novelty is to be ...
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... Poets ; of which I take this opportunity to testify that it was not written , nor , I believe , ever seen by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert Shiels , a native of Scotland , a man of very acute understanding , though ...
... Poets ; of which I take this opportunity to testify that it was not written , nor , I believe , ever seen by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert Shiels , a native of Scotland , a man of very acute understanding , though ...
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... poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a skilful sportsman and a man of letters . Somervile has tried many modes of poetry ; and though perhaps he has not in any reached such excellence as to raise much envy , it may ...
... poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a skilful sportsman and a man of letters . Somervile has tried many modes of poetry ; and though perhaps he has not in any reached such excellence as to raise much envy , it may ...
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