The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 22
... thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical . " So he was , " said he , " in some things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you ...
... thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical . " So he was , " said he , " in some things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you ...
Page 23
... thought it a bad precedent ; observing , that any author might be used in the same manner ; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an author's compositions at different periods . We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale ob ...
... thought it a bad precedent ; observing , that any author might be used in the same manner ; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an author's compositions at different periods . We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale ob ...
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... thought was not harboured by some of the proprietors , who are still living ; and we hope that it did not occur to the first designer of the work , who was also the printer of it , and who bore a respectable character . We have been ...
... thought was not harboured by some of the proprietors , who are still living ; and we hope that it did not occur to the first designer of the work , who was also the printer of it , and who bore a respectable character . We have been ...
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... thought so , I was at a loss to conceive . He now gave it as his opinion , that " Akenside was a superiour poet both to Gray and Mason . " Talking of the reviews , Johnson said , " I think them very impartial : I do not know an instance ...
... thought so , I was at a loss to conceive . He now gave it as his opinion , that " Akenside was a superiour poet both to Gray and Mason . " Talking of the reviews , Johnson said , " I think them very impartial : I do not know an instance ...
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... thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws censure , unless it be a name that bears down every thing before it . Nay , Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to ...
... thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws censure , unless it be a name that bears down every thing before it . Nay , Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to ...
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