Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... happy negligence ! ' Else- where he falls foul of the fashion set by Gray's Elegy , which he regarded as ' overloaded with epithet , ' and seriously proposed to amend by ' leaving out an idle word in every line ; ' while of Pope he ...
... happy negligence ! ' Else- where he falls foul of the fashion set by Gray's Elegy , which he regarded as ' overloaded with epithet , ' and seriously proposed to amend by ' leaving out an idle word in every line ; ' while of Pope he ...
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... happy work , Which not e'en critics criticise-- and for which Johnson wrote the ' Introduction ' ( at about twopence a line ) ; in 1760 the Public Ledger . In 1772 followed the Morning Post ; in 1788 , the Times ; and these were a few ...
... happy work , Which not e'en critics criticise-- and for which Johnson wrote the ' Introduction ' ( at about twopence a line ) ; in 1760 the Public Ledger . In 1772 followed the Morning Post ; in 1788 , the Times ; and these were a few ...
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... happy meeting in heaven . - Sr , eternally yours , JOHN RAY . Dr Thomas Burnet ( 1635 ? -1715 ) , born at Croft near Darlington , studied at Cambridge , be- came in 1685 Master of the Charterhouse in London , and acquired great ...
... happy meeting in heaven . - Sr , eternally yours , JOHN RAY . Dr Thomas Burnet ( 1635 ? -1715 ) , born at Croft near Darlington , studied at Cambridge , be- came in 1685 Master of the Charterhouse in London , and acquired great ...
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... happy in going against it ; and I cannot tell how it can well agree with his notion of felicity : but it is a certain truth that in the consideration of happiness the satisfaction of a man's own mind doth weigh down all the external ...
... happy in going against it ; and I cannot tell how it can well agree with his notion of felicity : but it is a certain truth that in the consideration of happiness the satisfaction of a man's own mind doth weigh down all the external ...
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... happy shore of a blessed eternity ; doubtless he is at rest , tho ' I find none without him , so true a partner he was in all my joys and griefs ; I trust the Almighty will pass by this my infirmity ; I speak it in respect to the world ...
... happy shore of a blessed eternity ; doubtless he is at rest , tho ' I find none without him , so true a partner he was in all my joys and griefs ; I trust the Almighty will pass by this my infirmity ; I speak it in respect to the world ...
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