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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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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1835 - 592 pages
...estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a few touches by tope, the want of more will not be much 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 Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems hen, where only hliss sincere is known! Go, where to love and to enjoy are one ! Yet take these follic? which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not known: nor can the satire...
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Geschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts und des neunzehnten bis zum Sturz ...

Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1836 - 672 pages
...5S) 3ol)iifcn fagt, nddjtem er geseift , ba$ bie Sirbett bem angeljóre, with a few tourbes perlinpa by Pope. The want of more will not be much lamented, for the follies which the writer ridicules arc âî 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.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...event very disastrous to polite letters. If the whole may be estimated by this specimpn, which seems tF ) ȫ G zI E ) so liltlc practised, that they are not known ; not can the satire be understood but by the learned;...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 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, ike want of more will not be much lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so \ttle...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...whole may be estimated by this specimen, which seems to be the production of Arbuthnot, with a tew touches perhaps by Pope, the want of more will not...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 - 1840 - 742 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 mucn lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they are not...
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History of the Eighteenth Century and of the Nineteenth Till the ..., Volume 1

Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1843 - 414 pages
...was clothed in • Johnson, after he has shown that Arbuthnot is in the main the author, says :—" The want of more will not be much lamented ; for the follies which the writer ridicules, are BO little practised, that they are not known, nor can the satire be understood but by the learned :...
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Geschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts und des neunzehnten bis ..., Volume 1

Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1843 - 712 pages
...ïàôÜåò er gejeigt, tag bie SHrbeit torn angelóte, with a few touches perhaps by Pope. The \vaiit of more will not be much lamented, for the follies which the writer ridicule* aro so little practiced , that they are not known , nor can the saiire be understood but...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 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...the want of more will not be much lamented; for the fullici which the writer ridicules are so little practised, that they arc not known: nor can the satire...
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