The Works of the English Poets, 20. köideSamuel Johnson J. Nichols, 1779 |
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... author , he would need no juftification against the cavils of fome furious critics , who , I am fure , would have been better pleased if they had met with more faults . Their grand objection is , that the Fury Disease is an improper ...
... author , he would need no juftification against the cavils of fome furious critics , who , I am fure , would have been better pleased if they had met with more faults . Their grand objection is , that the Fury Disease is an improper ...
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... author too undecently reflecting through the whole , who , being too liable to faults himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find ...
... author too undecently reflecting through the whole , who , being too liable to faults himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find ...
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... . Morton , Jun . David Hamilton . Hen . Morelli . Walter Harris . William Briggs . Th . Colladon . Martin Lifter . Jo . Colbatch . Bernard Connor . W. Cockburn . J. le Feure . P. Syl- то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , DESIRING MY OPINION OF.
... . Morton , Jun . David Hamilton . Hen . Morelli . Walter Harris . William Briggs . Th . Colladon . Martin Lifter . Jo . Colbatch . Bernard Connor . W. Cockburn . J. le Feure . P. Syl- то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , DESIRING MY OPINION OF.
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Samuel Johnson. то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , DESIRING MY OPINION OF HIS POEM . ASK me not , friend , what I approve or blame ; Perhaps I know not why I like , or damn ; I can be pleas'd ; and I dare own I am . I read thee over with a ...
Samuel Johnson. то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , DESIRING MY OPINION OF HIS POEM . ASK me not , friend , what I approve or blame ; Perhaps I know not why I like , or damn ; I can be pleas'd ; and I dare own I am . I read thee over with a ...
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... right the deathlefs laurel fend , Be it my humble bufinefs to commend engage , The faithful , honeft man , and the well - natur'd friend .. CHR . CODRINGTON . } Dr. Gibbons . ΤΟ TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH , THE AUTHOR OF [ 15 ]
... right the deathlefs laurel fend , Be it my humble bufinefs to commend engage , The faithful , honeft man , and the well - natur'd friend .. CHR . CODRINGTON . } Dr. Gibbons . ΤΟ TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH , THE AUTHOR OF [ 15 ]
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Page 10 - ... far real, though the poetical relation be fictitious. I hope no body will think the author too undecently reflecting through the whole, who being too liable to faults himfelf, ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others.
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