The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... Pope's plaintive reflection , that all things would be as gay as ever on the day of his death , is natural and common . We are apt to transfer to all around us our own gloom , without considering that at any given point of time there is ...
... Pope's plaintive reflection , that all things would be as gay as ever on the day of his death , is natural and common . We are apt to transfer to all around us our own gloom , without considering that at any given point of time there is ...
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... Pope mentions , " Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair . " But I recollect a couplet quite apposite to my subject in " Vir- tue , an Ethick Epistle , " a beautiful and instructive poem , by an anonymous writer , in 1758 ; who ...
... Pope mentions , " Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair . " But I recollect a couplet quite apposite to my subject in " Vir- tue , an Ethick Epistle , " a beautiful and instructive poem , by an anonymous writer , in 1758 ; who ...
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... Pope , " Johnson has given the fol- lowing salutary caution upon this subject : " Nothing but experience could evince the frequency of false in- formation , or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be ...
... Pope , " Johnson has given the fol- lowing salutary caution upon this subject : " Nothing but experience could evince the frequency of false in- formation , or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be ...
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... Pope thus introduces this story : " Faith in such case if you should prosecute , I think Sir Godfrey should decide the suit , Who sent the thief who stole the cash away , And punish'd him that put it in his way . " Imitations of Horace ...
... Pope thus introduces this story : " Faith in such case if you should prosecute , I think Sir Godfrey should decide the suit , Who sent the thief who stole the cash away , And punish'd him that put it in his way . " Imitations of Horace ...
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... Pope was happy , because he says so in his writ- ings ? We see in his writings what he wished the state of his mind to appear . Dr. Young , who pined for pre- ferment , talks with contempt of it in his writings , and affects to despise ...
... Pope was happy , because he says so in his writ- ings ? We see in his writings what he wished the state of his mind to appear . Dr. Young , who pined for pre- ferment , talks with contempt of it in his writings , and affects to despise ...
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