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" He professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration, if he be compared with his master. "
prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets - Page 262
by samuel johnson - 1781
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised ign'd, Perhaps he seem'd above the critic's law, And but from nature's fountains scorn some illustration, if he be compared with bin master. Integrity of understanding and nicety of discern...
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Progressive Exercises in English Composition

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1833 - 120 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity presented, he praised through his whole life, with unvaried liberality; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration, if he be compared with his master. 14. However virtue may be neglected for a time,...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration, if ho be compared with his master. Integrity of understanding and nicety of discernment...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised ristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his some illustration, it he be compared with his master. Integrity of understanding and nicety of discernment...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised from impatience, and »omet i mee from levity. Charles deliberated some illustration, if he be compared with hie master. Integrity of understanding and nicety of discernment...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and, perhaps, his character may receive some illustration, if he be 5 compared with his master. Integrity of understanding, and nicety of discernment,...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration if he be compared' with his master. Integrity of understanding, and nicety of discernment,...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...professed to hnve learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration if he he compared with his mnster. Integrity of understanding, and nicety of discernment,...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration, if he be compared with his master. Integrity of understanding and nicety of discernment...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Revised and Improved

William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberality ; and perhaps his character may receive some illustration, if he be compared with his master. 2. Integrity of understanding, and nicety of...
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