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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations - Page 238
by Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 239 pages
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...laboured into harfhnefs. The mind of the writer feems to work with unnatural violence. Double, druble, toil and trouble. He has a kind of ftrutting dignity,...too vifible, and there is too little appearance of eafc and nature. To fay that he has no beauties, would be unjuft : a man like him, of great learning...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...into harfhnefs. The mind of the writer feems to work with unnatural violence. Double, double, toll and trouble. He has a kind of ftrutting dignity, and...vifible, and there is too little appearance of eafe and nature. To fay thar he has no beauties^ would be unjuft: a man like him, of great learning and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...into harfhnefs. The mind of the writer teems to work with unnatural violence. Double, double, toll and trouble. He has a kind of ftrutting dignity, and...walking on tiptoe. His art and his ftruggle are too vifiblc, and there is too little appearance of eafe and nature. To fay that he has no beauties, would...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 57, Part 2

1787 - 712 pages
...unnatural violence, li-.M^U dwtte roil aid imublr. He has a kind of ftrutting dignity ; and is ta'l by walking on tiptoe. His art and his ftruggle are too vifible ; and there is too little appcarai ,ce of eafe or nature." sJrcbJtjtia. " One honourable metaphor, at leaft, let us apply to...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 6

English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...feems to work with unnatural violence. " Double, double, " toil and trouble." He has a kind of ihutting dignity, and is tall by walking on tiptoe. His art...vifible, and there is too little appearance of eafe and nature. To fay that he has no beauties, would be unjuft: a man like him, of great learning and...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pages
...language is laboured into harlhnefs. I in: tmcd of the writer feems to work with unnatural violence. " Double, double, toil and trouble." He has a kind of...and is tall by walking on tiptoe. His art and his druggie are too lifiblc, and there is too little appearance of cafe and nature. " To fay that he has...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...seems to work with unnatural violence. " Double, double, toil, and trouble." He has a kind of strutting dignity, and is tall by walking on tiptoe. His art and his struggle are too visible, and there is too Jittle appearance ot ease and nature. To say that he has...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 pages
...feems to work with unnatural violence. " Double, double, toil and trouble." He has a kind of (hutting dignity, and is tall by walking on tiptoe. His art and his druggie are * " I have a foul, that like an ample ft\icld " Can take in all,; and vttge tntu^h toi...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...to work with unnatural violence. " JDouble, double, toil, and trouble." He has a kind of strutting dignity, and is tall by walking on tiptoe. His art and his strpggle are too visible, and there is too little appearance ot" ease and nature. To say that he has...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...writer seems to work with unnatural violence. Double double toil and trouble, He has a kind of strutting dignity, and' is tall by walking on tip-toe. His art and his struggle are too visible, and there is too little appearance of ease or nature. " To say that he has...
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