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" If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not be much lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ... - Page 123
by Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood but by the learned...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood but by the learned...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood but by the learned...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to he the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches perhaps...lamented; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known; nor can the salire be understood but by the learned :...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches,...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood but by the learned...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the English poets (cont ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known ; nor can the satire be understood but by the learned...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...Pope, the want of more will not be much lamented; • On a hint from Warburton. There is however reason to think, from ihe appearance of the house in...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole maybe estimated by this specimen, which seems om heaven : but in Homer, and in him only it bums...endeavour to shew how this vast inven lion exerts so little practised, that they are not known : cor can the satire be understood but by the learned...
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches...perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not be much la mented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to he n the first ranks of learning. He was a man of vigorous...a mind fervent and vehement, supplied by incessan follica which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they arc not known: nor can the satire...
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