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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on ... - Page 28
by Samuel Johnson - 1783
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The Annual Register, Volume 22

History - 1796 - 690 pages
...without emotion. Their courtlhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of lorrow. Their wifb was only to fay what they hoped had been never faid...than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that compreiicniiou and expanfe of thought which at once fills the v-hole mind, and of which the 6rft efreit...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...intereft and without emotion. Their •courtfhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their wifh was only to fay what they hoped had been,...thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which i the the firft effect is fudden aftonifhment, and the fecond rational admiration. Sublimity is produced...
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Annual Register, Volume 22

Edmund Burke - History - 1780 - 726 pages
...intereft and without emotion. Their courtihip was void of fbndncfs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their wifh was only to fay what they hoped had been...which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the firil efFeft is fudden aftonifhment, and the fecond rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation,...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...• out emotion. Their courtfhip was void of fondoefs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their with was only to fay what they hoped had been never faid...Nor was the fublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehenfion and expanfe of thought which at once fills the...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 61

Books - 1780 - 596 pages
...without emotion. Their court (hip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of forronv. Their wiih was only to fay what they hoped had been never faid...Nor was the fublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehenGon and expanfe of thought which at once fills the...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...intereft and without emotion. Their courtfhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their wifh was only to fay what they hoped had been...than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehenlion and expanfe of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the firft effect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...intereft and without emotion. Their courtfhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their wifh was only to fay what they hoped had been...than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehenlion and expanfe of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the firft effect...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...interefl and without emotion. Their courtfhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their wifh was only to fay what they hoped had been...which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the fuft eflect is fudden aftontthment, and the fecond rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation,...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...intereft and without emotion. Their courtfhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of forrow. Their wifh was only to fay what they hoped had been never faid before. Nor was the Sublime more within their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehenfion and...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1796 - 692 pages
...emotion. Their courtlhip was void of fondnefs, and their lamentation of borrow. Their will) was only 10 fay what they hoped had been never faid before. Nor was the fublime more within their reach than the pathetkk ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanle of thought which at once tills the...
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