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" What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce,... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 252
by Samuel Johnson - 1840
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity; he composed without consideration, and...of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to roulti ply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance juight supply. If...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...composed without consideration, and published without correction. What his mind could supply at cfall, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought,...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chanco might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity ; he composed without consideration, and...condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accuaccumulate all that study might produce, or ohance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...hasty, either excited bv some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed withobt consideration, and published without correction. What...dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiment*, to multiply hi« images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...brighter paragraphs, be Las not better poems. Pryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sovight, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...performances were always hasty, e1ther excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity ; he composed without consideration, and...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...brighter paragraphs, be has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty ; either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...that h,e sought, and .all that he gave. The dilatory cau•HKfi. lion of Pope enabled him to condense his sentirpents, to inukiply his images, and to accumulate...
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