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" They are, I think, improved in general ; yet I know not whether they have not lost part of what Temple calls their " race ;" a word which, applied to wines in its primitive sense, means the flavour of the soil. " Liberty," when it first appeared, I tried... "
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on ... - Page 274
by Samuel Johnson - 1781
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...acquainted at their firft appearance, I have fince found altered and enlarged by fubfequent revifals, a? the author fuppofed his judgement to grow more exact:,...the foil. Liberty, when it firft appeared, I tried tq read, and foon defifted. I have never tried again, and therefore will not hazard either praife or...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...fubfequent revifals, as the author fuppofed his judgement to grow more exact, and as books or cohverfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpects. They...when it firft appeared, I tried to read, and foon defifled. I have never tried again, and therefore will not hazard either praife or cenfure. PROLOGUE...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...fubfequent revifals, as the author fuppofed his judgement to grow more exact, and as books or cqnverfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpects. They...its primitive fenfe, means the flavour of the foil. •t • • • Liberty , when it firft appeared, I tried to read, and foon defifted. I have never...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...judgement to grow more exacV, and as books or converfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpefts. They are, I think, improved in general; yet I know...fenfe, means the flavour of the foil. Liberty, when it fait appeared, I tried to read, and foon defifted. I have never tried again, and therefore will not...
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Prefaces,Biographical and Critical to the Works of the English Poets

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pages
...judgement to grow more exact, and as books or converfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpe&s. They are, I think, improved in general ; yet I know...its primitive fenfe, means the flavour of the foil. Uf Liberty, when it firfl appeared, I tried to read, and loon defifted, I have never tried again, and...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 52

Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 pages
...books or converfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpefts. They are, I think, improved itr general ; yet I know not whether they have not loft...its primitive fenfe, means the flavour of the foil,' This criticifm is elegant, candid, and judicious ; the praife •bedewed is not (as praifes often are)...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 pages
...judgement to grow more exact, and as books or converfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpe&s. They are, I think, improved in general ; yet -I know...they have not loft part of what Temple calls their rage'; a word which, applied to wines, in its primitive fenfe, means the flavour of the foil. -Liberty,...
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A Criticism on the Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard: Being a ...

John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...And flattened ftate ; and the Stridures muft have loft, ofcourfe, " part of what Tem" pie would call their Race ; a word which, " applied to wines, in...primitive fenfe, means " the flavour of the foil," It was once intended to print the Criticifm in a manner refembling the editions of Feftus, which diftinguifh,...
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Cider: A Poem in Two Books

John Philips - 1791 - 214 pages
...Johnfon, fpeaking of Thomfon's Poems, after they were altered and enlarged by fubfequent revifals, fays, " They are, I think, improved " in general; yet I know...their race ; a word, which applied to wines, in its primi" live lenfe, means the flavor of the foil." The original and metaphorical meaning of the word...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 44

1782 - 682 pages
...to grow more cxait, and as books or converfation extended his knowledge and opened his profpetfts. They are, I think, improved in general ; yet I know...its primitive fenfe, means the flavour of the foil. THE DEER and FAWN. AS Abel HafTan, who fo greatly diftinguilhed himfelf in the firft incurfions which...
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