| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 624 pages
...illuftration, if he be compared with his matter. " Integrity of understanding and nicety of difrerninent were not allotted in a lei's proportion to Dryden than to Pope. The rectitude of Drydtn'i mind \v;is fufficiently (hewn by the difmiflion of his poetical prejudices, and the rejeclion... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...profefled to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an. opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole life with unvaried liberality ;...with his mafter. • Integrity of underftanding and nkety of difcernment were not allotted in a lefs proportion to Dryden than to Pope. The reclitude of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...J^e.prpfened to have learned his, poetiy fropi Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole .life, with unvaried liberality;...if he, be. compared .with his mafter. Integrity of underslanding and nkety of difcernment were not allotted in a lefs proportion to Dryden than to Pope.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...profefTed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole life with unvaried liberality ;...receive fome illuftration, if he be compared with his mafler. Integrity of underftanding and nicety of difcernment were not allotted in a lefs proportion... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...profefled to have learned his poetiy from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole life with unvaried liberality ;...receive fome illuftration, if he be compared with his matter. Integrity of underftanding and nkety of difcernment were not allotted in a lefs proportion... | |
| Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...profcfTed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and perhaps his character may receive fome illullration, if he be compared with his mailer. 4 Integrity of understanding, and nicety of difcernment,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 504 pages
...profefled to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole life with unvaried liberality; and...his mafter. Integrity of underftanding and nicety of difccrnment were not allotted in a lefs proportion portion to Dryden than to Pope. The rectitudeof... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...profeffed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was prefented, he praifed through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and perhaps his character may receive fomc illuftfation, if he be compared with his mafter. Integrity of underftanding and nicety of .difcernment... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...profefled to have learned his poetry from E)ryden, whom, whenever ^n opportunity was prefented, he praifcd through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and perhaps his character may receive fbme illuftration, if he be compared with his rmfler. Integrity of underftanding and nicety of difcernment... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...profefled to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praiiocl through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and perhaps his character may receive fume iil nitration, if he be compared with his mafter. Integrity of underfianding and nicety of difcernment... | |
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