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... respect as a writer : as to the pastoral part , Virgil is very evidently superiour . He wrote when there had been a larger influx of knowledge into the world than when Theocritus lived . Theocritus does not abound in description ...
... respect as a writer : as to the pastoral part , Virgil is very evidently superiour . He wrote when there had been a larger influx of knowledge into the world than when Theocritus lived . Theocritus does not abound in description ...
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... Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own . Love him you could not ; for that which you could do with him , every one else could . ' " " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said , ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his ...
... Respect him you could not ; for he had no mind of his own . Love him you could not ; for that which you could do with him , every one else could . ' " " Of Dr. Goldsmith he said , ' No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his ...
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... respect . In this he resembled Quintilian , who tells us , that in the composition of his Institutions of Oratory , " Latius se tamen aperiente materia , plus quam imponebatur oneris sponte suscepi . " The booksellers , C Prayers and ...
... respect . In this he resembled Quintilian , who tells us , that in the composition of his Institutions of Oratory , " Latius se tamen aperiente materia , plus quam imponebatur oneris sponte suscepi . " The booksellers , C Prayers and ...
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... respect Pope differed widely from Johnson , whose conversation was , perhaps , more admirable than even his writings , however excellent . Mr. Wilkes has , however , favoured me with one repartee of Pope , of which Johnson was not ...
... respect Pope differed widely from Johnson , whose conversation was , perhaps , more admirable than even his writings , however excellent . Mr. Wilkes has , however , favoured me with one repartee of Pope , of which Johnson was not ...
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... , but elegantly written , with classical enthusiasm of sentiment , and yet with a becoming modesty , and great respect for Dr. John- son . - BOSWELL . at least on the defensive ; and thus I for ÆTAT . 72. ] 57 DR . JOHNSON .
... , but elegantly written , with classical enthusiasm of sentiment , and yet with a becoming modesty , and great respect for Dr. John- son . - BOSWELL . at least on the defensive ; and thus I for ÆTAT . 72. ] 57 DR . JOHNSON .
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