Johnsoniana: Robert Anderson. Life of Samuel JohnsonGarland Pub., 1974 |
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... merit , and thought it " a creditable thing to be concerned in . " Dodsley gave him ten guineas for the copy ; a sum certainly disproportioned to his labour and ingenuity ; but he was actually in such distress , that the small profit ...
... merit , and thought it " a creditable thing to be concerned in . " Dodsley gave him ten guineas for the copy ; a sum certainly disproportioned to his labour and ingenuity ; but he was actually in such distress , that the small profit ...
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... merit of the learned and warmest patrons . His ardour of genius , his fine classical taste , his assiduity of research , and his indefa- tigable zeal in its cause , were such as were possessed by the distinguished few , and which will ...
... merit of the learned and warmest patrons . His ardour of genius , his fine classical taste , his assiduity of research , and his indefa- tigable zeal in its cause , were such as were possessed by the distinguished few , and which will ...
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... merit of which he was blind and un- charitable , is so much the soul and essence of poetry , that without it rhyme and metre are vain . There may be smoothness , syllabic ar- rangment , and good sense in a metrical com- position ; but ...
... merit of which he was blind and un- charitable , is so much the soul and essence of poetry , that without it rhyme and metre are vain . There may be smoothness , syllabic ar- rangment , and good sense in a metrical com- position ; but ...
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