Johnson & Goldsmith & Their PoetryAMS Press, 1971 - 175 pages |
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Page 26
... describes , and against which he bitterly inveighs . He reckons up the several inconveniences which arise from a city life , and the many dangers which attend it ; upbraids the noble- men with covetousness , for not rewarding good poets ...
... describes , and against which he bitterly inveighs . He reckons up the several inconveniences which arise from a city life , and the many dangers which attend it ; upbraids the noble- men with covetousness , for not rewarding good poets ...
Page 37
... describes Johnson as " the best writer of prologues in the language " ; " no man , " he says , was ever so well qualified to strike that just mean between respectfulness and authority which such addresses to the public require " ; and ...
... describes Johnson as " the best writer of prologues in the language " ; " no man , " he says , was ever so well qualified to strike that just mean between respectfulness and authority which such addresses to the public require " ; and ...
Page 85
... describes what he has seen and known , he habitually describes it as it appeared to him years afterward , mellowed and beautified by the haze which always gathers about what is past . All his most characteristic writings thus belong ...
... describes what he has seen and known , he habitually describes it as it appeared to him years afterward , mellowed and beautified by the haze which always gathers about what is past . All his most characteristic writings thus belong ...
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