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" For this reason he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he considered and reconsidered them. The only poems which can be supposed to have been written with such regard to the times as might hasten their publication, were the two satires of '... "
The Popular Educator - Page 182
1856
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Annual Register, Volume 25

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 624 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. " In acquired knowledge the fuperiority muft be allowed to Dryden, whofe education was more fcholaftic,...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. For this reafon he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he confidered and reconfidered them. The only...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation, ,and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. For this reafon he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he confidered and reconfidered them. The only...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. For this reafon he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he confidered and reconfidered them. The only...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. ' For this reafon he, kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he confidered and reconfidered them. The only...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and puriftilious obfervation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. • r this reafon he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he confidered and reconfidered them....
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation* and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence till he had left nothing to be forgiven. .'•«/ FOP this reafon he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he confidered and reconlidered...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence till he had...reason he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while lie considered and reconsidered them. The only poems which can be supposed to have been written with...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1800 - 624 pages
...none to himfelf. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious obfervation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence, till he had left nothing to be forgiven. " In acquired knowledge the fuperiorily mu ft be allowed to Dryden, whole education was more fcholaitic,...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...none to himself. He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence till he had...reconsidered them. The only poems which can be supposed to nave been written with such regard to the times as might hasten their publication, were the two satires...
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