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" Criticism, either didactic or defensive, occupies almost all his prose, except those pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were ever thought tedious. "
Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations - Page 49
by Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 239 pages
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...either didactick or defen' five, occupies al^aoft all his profe, excent ccpt thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...tedious.. They have not the formality of a fettled flyle, in which the firft half of the fentence betrays the other. . The claufes are never Balanced,...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...his profe, except ccpt thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaceswere ever thought tedious. They have not the formality of a fettled ftyle, irr which the firft half of the fentence betrays the other. The claufes are never' balanced, nor the...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pages
...Criticifm, either didactic or defenftvc, occupies almoft all hit profe, except tbofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...not the formality of a fettled ftyle, in which the lint half of the fentence betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled...
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Annual Register, Volume 22

Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 pages
...which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces were ever thuught tedious. They hav-е not the formality of a fettled ftyle, in which the...the other. The claufes are never balanced, nor the period» modelled ; every word feems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 61

1780 - 596 pages
...thought tedious. They have not the formality of a fettle.! liylr, in which the full half of the lenience betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced,...modelled ; every word feems to drop by chance, though it (alls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous;...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Dryden. Smith. Duke. King ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 pages
...Criticifm, either didactick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word feema to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole...
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Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pages
...Criticifin, either didadick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to. his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...of a fettled ftyle, in which the firft half of the fentencc betrays the other. The claufes are I 4 never never balanced, nor the periods modelled j every...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...Criticifm, either dida&ick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profc, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...of a fettled ftyle, in which the firft half of the fcntence betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled ; every word fcems...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 2

English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...Criticifm, either didaftick or defenfive, occupies almoft all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons ; but none of his prefaces...betrays the other. The claufes are never balanced, Q 4 nor nor the periods modelled: every word feem's to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...Criticifm, either dida<2ick or defenfive, 1occupies almoft all his profe, except thofe pages which he has devoted to his patrons; but none of his prefaces were...firft half of the fentence betrays the other. The caufes are never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word feems to drop by chance, though it...
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