The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactick ...
... considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactick ...
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... considered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation of a man of judgment naturally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In ...
... considered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation of a man of judgment naturally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice , as he gains more confidence in himself . In ...
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... considered him as worthy of an epistolary elegy . He was then sent to St. Paul's school , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's college in Cambridge , where he entered a sizare ...
... considered him as worthy of an epistolary elegy . He was then sent to St. Paul's school , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's college in Cambridge , where he entered a sizare ...
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... considered his mention of a name , as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he could not , indeed , complain that his merit wanted distinction : Carlo Dati presented him with an ...
... considered his mention of a name , as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he could not , indeed , complain that his merit wanted distinction : Carlo Dati presented him with an ...
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... considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick Spanheim , two learned professors of divinity . From Geneva he passed through France ; and ...
... considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick Spanheim , two learned professors of divinity . From Geneva he passed through France ; and ...
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