Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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... observed , was the highest superiority ; and that every nation derived their highest reputation from the splendour and dignity of their writers . Voltaire , he said , was a good narrator , and that his principal merit consisted in a ...
... observed , was the highest superiority ; and that every nation derived their highest reputation from the splendour and dignity of their writers . Voltaire , he said , was a good narrator , and that his principal merit consisted in a ...
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... observed , that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in cha- racter . " For instance , " said he , " the fable of the little fishes , who saw birds fly over their heads , and envying them , petitioned Jupiter to be changed ...
... observed , that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in cha- racter . " For instance , " said he , " the fable of the little fishes , who saw birds fly over their heads , and envying them , petitioned Jupiter to be changed ...
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... observed They are very well ; but such as twenty people might write . " Upon this I took occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , -mediocribus esse poetis Non homines , non dî , non concessere colum- næ . " - Ars Poet . 372 ; for here ...
... observed They are very well ; but such as twenty people might write . " Upon this I took occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , -mediocribus esse poetis Non homines , non dî , non concessere colum- næ . " - Ars Poet . 372 ; for here ...
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