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... affected to care nothing for the honours of either literature or the world , when he was evidently ambitious of both . In his elec- tion of Poet Laureat , where Pope , Prior , and others , are among the candidates , he thus mo- destly ...
... affected to care nothing for the honours of either literature or the world , when he was evidently ambitious of both . In his elec- tion of Poet Laureat , where Pope , Prior , and others , are among the candidates , he thus mo- destly ...
Page 33
... affected to be conscientious rhymers ; and , in fact , there was nothing in it to startle them ; for it appears by Johnson's Dic- tionary , that as late as fifty years back , the l in fault was not only dropt or retained at pleasure ...
... affected to be conscientious rhymers ; and , in fact , there was nothing in it to startle them ; for it appears by Johnson's Dic- tionary , that as late as fifty years back , the l in fault was not only dropt or retained at pleasure ...
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... affected to break his lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession ...
... affected to break his lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession ...
Page 42
... affected varieties of which Johnson speaks . Let the varieties , like all the other beauties of a poet , be perfectly unaffect- ed : but passion and fancy naturally speak a va- rious language ; it is monotony and uniformity alone that ...
... affected varieties of which Johnson speaks . Let the varieties , like all the other beauties of a poet , be perfectly unaffect- ed : but passion and fancy naturally speak a va- rious language ; it is monotony and uniformity alone that ...
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... affecting a something which he had found in the writers before him . ( 7 ) But mind that you treat him as well as you're able , And let him have part of what goes from the table . Mr. Crabbe is unquestionably a man of genius ...
... affecting a something which he had found in the writers before him . ( 7 ) But mind that you treat him as well as you're able , And let him have part of what goes from the table . Mr. Crabbe is unquestionably a man of genius ...
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