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" Iliad." It is certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen ; and its publication must therefore be considered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. "
The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby]. - Page 190
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen > and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. « To thofe who have fkill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be very...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...which the world has ever feen ; and its publication mufl therefore be con' '. •••)'• fidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning.. To thofe who- have &ill to eftimate • ;•/.-' ; the excellence and difficulty of this great work,•...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen ; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. To thofe who have fkill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be very...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...nobleft verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. ..... .. •„ ; To thofe who have ftill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be v«ry...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen ; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. To thofe who have flull to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it muft be very...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...nobleft verfion of poetry which the world has ever feen; and its publication muft therefore be confidered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. To thofe who have fkill to eftimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it rouft be very...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...future life was secured from want by considerable annuities. Johnson says, that the English " Iliad " is certainly " the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen. " It was published volume by volume, as the translation proceeded ; the first four books appeared in...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...[niceties] varieties of diction. " Strikes the imagination with far [more] greater force. " It is [probably] certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen. " Every sheet enabled him to write the next with [less trouble] more facility. "No man sympathizes...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...hundred pounds a year, payable to Pope, which doubtless his translation enabled him to purchased It cannot be unwelcome: to literary curiosity, that I...of the great events in the annals of Learning^ T;o thpse who have skill to estimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it must be very...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...payable to Pope, which doubtless hix translation enabled him to purchase • It cannot be unweleome to literary curiosity that I deduce thus minutely...It is certainly the noblest version of poetry which tho world has ever seen ; and its publication must therefore be considered as one of tho great events...
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