Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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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 : Is ...
... 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 : Is ...
Page 443
... once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in re- turn , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition , will only shew the narrowness of the definer ; though a ...
... once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in re- turn , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition , will only shew the narrowness of the definer ; though a ...
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... once satisfied Dr. Johnson that he was not to blame . Upon which Johnson candidly and earnestly said to him , " Mr. Compositor , I ask your pardon ; Mr. Compositor , I ask your pardon , again and again . His generous humanity to the ...
... once satisfied Dr. Johnson that he was not to blame . Upon which Johnson candidly and earnestly said to him , " Mr. Compositor , I ask your pardon ; Mr. Compositor , I ask your pardon , again and again . His generous humanity to the ...
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