The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not inter- ested in the truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his ...
... poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not inter- ested in the truth of them : when a man has nothing to lose , he may be in good humour with his ...
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... Poets , by Mr. Cibber , was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels P , a Scotchman , one of his amanuenses . " The " This In the Monthly Review for May , 1792 , there is such a correction of the above passage , as I should think myself very ...
... Poets , by Mr. Cibber , was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels P , a Scotchman , one of his amanuenses . " The " This In the Monthly Review for May , 1792 , there is such a correction of the above passage , as I should think myself very ...
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... Poets , compiled by Messrs . Cibber and Shiels , from a sincere regard to that sacred principle of truth , to which Dr. Johnson so rigidly adhered , according to the best of his knowledge ; and which , we be- lieve , no consideration ...
... Poets , compiled by Messrs . Cibber and Shiels , from a sincere regard to that sacred principle of truth , to which Dr. Johnson so rigidly adhered , according to the best of his knowledge ; and which , we be- lieve , no consideration ...
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... poet both to Gray and Mason . " Talking of the reviews , Johnson said , " I think them very impartial : I do not know an instance of partiality . " He mentioned what had passed upon the subject of the Monthly and Critical Reviews , in ...
... poet both to Gray and Mason . " Talking of the reviews , Johnson said , " I think them very impartial : I do not know an instance of partiality . " He mentioned what had passed upon the subject of the Monthly and Critical Reviews , in ...
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... Poetry , indeed , cannot be translated ; and , therefore , it is the poets that preserve languages ; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language , if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But ...
... Poetry , indeed , cannot be translated ; and , therefore , it is the poets that preserve languages ; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language , if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But ...
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