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" To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why must she be bridled? because she longs to launch; an act which was never hindered by a bridle : and whither will she launch ? into a nobler strain. She is in the first line a horse, in the second... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 113
by Samuel Johnson - 1816
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prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the english poets.

samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...loot $ and the care of the poet ia to keep his horfe or his boat fromjinging. The next compofition is the farfamed Campaign, which Dr. Warton 'has termed a Gazette in Rhyme, with 'harfhnefs not often ufed by the good'nature of his criticifm. Before a cena fure fure fo fevere is...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Dryden. Smith. Duke. King ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 pages
...and whither will me launch ? into a nobler Jlr am. She is in the 'firft line a horfe, in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to keep his horje or his boat homjinging. • The next compofition is the far-famed Campaign, which Dr. Warton...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...and whither will fhe launch ? into a nobler Jlrain, She is in the firft line a borfe, in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to keep his horfe or his boat fromjinging. The next compofition is the farfamed Campaign, which Dr. Warton has...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL

Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...and whither will (lie launch? into a nobler flrain. She is in the firtt line a hor/e, in the lecond a boat; and the care of the poet is to keep his bor/i or his brat {mm finding. ' The next composition is the far-lamed Campaign, which Dr. Warton has...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 254 pages
...bridle: and whither will fhe launch ? mtoamblerjlrain. She is in thefirft line a.-horfe, in the fecond a boat; and the care of the poet is to keep his horfe or his boat iromjinging. The next compofition is the farfamed Campaign, which Dr. Warton has...
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pages
...and whither will fhe launch? into a nobler Jlraln. She is in the firft line a horfe, in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to keep his horfe or his boat fromjtnging. " The next compofition is the far-famed " Campaign," which Dr. Warton...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...strain. She is in the first horse, in the secpnd a boat i and the care of the poet is to keep his her* his boat from singing. The next composition is the far-famed Campaign, which Dr. Warten termed a " Gazette in Rhyme," with harshness not often used by the nature of his criticism....
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...will fhe launch ? into a nobler Jirain. She is * Spence. in the fir ft line a borfe, in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to keep his borfe or his boat fromjinging. The next compofition is the far-famed campaign, which Dr. Warton has...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...; an act which was never hindered by a bridle : and whither will she launch ? into a nobler strain. She is in the first line a horse, in the second a loal ; and the care of the poet is to keep his horse or his boat from singing. * The next composition...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...an act which was never hindered by a bridle : and whither will she launch. r into a nobler strain. She is in the first line a horse, in the second a...which Dr. Warton has termed a " Gazette in Rhyme with a harshness not often used by the good nature of his criticism." Before "a censure so severe is admitted,...
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