The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... common mark . You may find wit and humour in verse , and yet no poetry . Hudi- bras has a profusion of these ; yet it is not to be reckoned a poem . The Spleen , in Dodsley's collection , on which you say he chiefly rested , is not ...
... common mark . You may find wit and humour in verse , and yet no poetry . Hudi- bras has a profusion of these ; yet it is not to be reckoned a poem . The Spleen , in Dodsley's collection , on which you say he chiefly rested , is not ...
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... common mark . " BOSWELL . " Then , sir , what is poetry ? " JOHNSON . Why , sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is . " 66 On Friday , April 12th , I dined with ...
... common mark . " BOSWELL . " Then , sir , what is poetry ? " JOHNSON . Why , sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is . " 66 On Friday , April 12th , I dined with ...
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... common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does ; though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are ...
... common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does ; though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who are ...
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... common reach . The world has differed from him ; for the poem has passed through many editions , and is still much read by people of a serious cast of mind . A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many ...
... common reach . The world has differed from him ; for the poem has passed through many editions , and is still much read by people of a serious cast of mind . A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned , as one who did good to many ...
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... common life . To be charged with polluting the pastoral office with scandal and false- hood , was a violation of character still more atrocious , as it affected not only his personal but his clerical veracity . His indignation naturally ...
... common life . To be charged with polluting the pastoral office with scandal and false- hood , was a violation of character still more atrocious , as it affected not only his personal but his clerical veracity . His indignation naturally ...
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