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" As a writer, he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind : his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cow-ley.... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius - Page 268
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 52

Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, ivithout tranfcrip. tion, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...on Nature, and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; . the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription> without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his di6tion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The Lounger: A Periodical Paper, Volume 2

1787 - 342 pages
...to one praife of the higheft kind ; his mode of thinking and of exprefling his thoughts is original. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always...round on nature and on life with the eye which nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefcnted to its view, whatever...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or 0f any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes...round on Nature and on life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diftion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye that dirtingiiifhes, in .every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 44

1782 - 682 pages
...diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a pe« cuiiir train, and he thinks always -as a man of genius ;...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature bellows only on a poet ; the eye that didinguiihes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The Lounger: no. 1-52; Feb. 5, 1785-Jan. 28, 1786

1794 - 478 pages
...to one praife of the higheft kind his mode of thinking and of expreffing his thoughts is original. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always...round on nature and on life with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 9

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his dietoo, arc of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...he looks round on nature, and on life, with the eye »aich nature only beftows on a poet, the eye that diflinguifhcs in every thing prefented to its view,...
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