Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
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Page 805
... once observed to me , that “ Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing at once what was valuable in any book , without submit- ting to the labor of perusing it from beginning to end . He had ...
... once observed to me , that “ Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing at once what was valuable in any book , without submit- ting to the labor of perusing it from beginning to end . He had ...
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... once . But such arts as these have no merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong ...
... once . But such arts as these have no merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong ...
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... once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ! while beneath The chequer'd ...
... once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ! while beneath The chequer'd ...
Contents
The titles of certain selections appear in smaller type These selections | 2 |
Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
Copyright | |
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