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their leave , I must presume to say , that the things they admire , are not only
glittering trifles , and so far from being witty ... fecit , ” and a dozen more of such
expressions , poured on the neck of one another , and signifying all the same
thing ?
their leave , I must presume to say , that the things they admire , are not only
glittering trifles , and so far from being witty ... fecit , ” and a dozen more of such
expressions , poured on the neck of one another , and signifying all the same
thing ?
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... and even in England , though they are called by other names than those of
Monks and Friars , and Chanons , and lady Abbesses , and Nuns : for mankind is
ever the same , and nothing lost out of nature , though every thing is altered .
... and even in England , though they are called by other names than those of
Monks and Friars , and Chanons , and lady Abbesses , and Nuns : for mankind is
ever the same , and nothing lost out of nature , though every thing is altered .
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If any thing of this nature , or of profaneness , be crept into these poems , I am so
far from defending it , that I disown it . “ Totum hoc indictum volo . " Chaucer
makes another manner of apology for his broad - speaking , and Boccace makes
the ...
If any thing of this nature , or of profaneness , be crept into these poems , I am so
far from defending it , that I disown it . “ Totum hoc indictum volo . " Chaucer
makes another manner of apology for his broad - speaking , and Boccace makes
the ...
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I deny not likewise , that , living in our early days of poetry , he writes not always
of a piece : but sometimes mingles trivial things with those of greater moment ,
Sometimes also , though not often , he runs riot , like Ovid , and knows not when
he ...
I deny not likewise , that , living in our early days of poetry , he writes not always
of a piece : but sometimes mingles trivial things with those of greater moment ,
Sometimes also , though not often , he runs riot , like Ovid , and knows not when
he ...
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God gives us what he knows our wants require , And better things than those
which we desire : Some pray for riches ; riches they obtain ; But , watch'd by
robbers , for their wealth are fain ; Some pray from prison to be freed ; and come ,
When ...
God gives us what he knows our wants require , And better things than those
which we desire : Some pray for riches ; riches they obtain ; But , watch'd by
robbers , for their wealth are fain ; Some pray from prison to be freed ; and come ,
When ...
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Page 41 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Page 240 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Page 91 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Page 296 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Page 41 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 24 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Page 65 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Page 237 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Page 30 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Page 130 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 15, Page 3 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2006 |
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