Johnson & Goldsmith & Their PoetryAMS Press, 1971 - 175 pages |
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Page 30
... passage is thus utilized by Johnson for his own round abuse of the French ; and , as will be seen , it loses nothing of its strength in the paraphrase : The cheated nation's happy favourites see ! Mark whom the 30 JOHNSON & GOLDSMITH.
... passage is thus utilized by Johnson for his own round abuse of the French ; and , as will be seen , it loses nothing of its strength in the paraphrase : The cheated nation's happy favourites see ! Mark whom the 30 JOHNSON & GOLDSMITH.
Page 51
... Mark the keen glance , and watch the sign to hate . Where'er he turns , he meets a stranger's eye , His suppliants scorn him , and his followers fly : Now drops at once the pride of awful state , The golden canopy , the glitt'ring plate ...
... Mark the keen glance , and watch the sign to hate . Where'er he turns , he meets a stranger's eye , His suppliants scorn him , and his followers fly : Now drops at once the pride of awful state , The golden canopy , the glitt'ring plate ...
Page 80
... mark another salient point of contrast between the two friends . Johnson was essentially the talker ; he needed the stimulus of discussion to draw out his finest qualities ; and his vigorous genius shows to far better advantage in the ...
... mark another salient point of contrast between the two friends . Johnson was essentially the talker ; he needed the stimulus of discussion to draw out his finest qualities ; and his vigorous genius shows to far better advantage in the ...
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