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" In this Poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral, easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting : whatever images it can supply, are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets - Page 146
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...cloven heel. Where there is leisure for fiction, there is little grief. In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral — easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...cloven heel. Where there is leisure for fiction, there is little grief. In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral: easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...very plainly be discovered the dawn or twilight of Paradise Lost. C. In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral : easy, vulgar, and, therefore, disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...cloven heel. Where there is leisure for fiction, there is little grief. In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth; • there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that < of a pastoral : easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted;...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 pages
...dawn or twilight of Paradise Lost. C. In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; i^Jhere is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral : easy, vulgar, and, therefore, disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted...
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...Where there is leisure for fiction, there is little grief. t. , . In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting, whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted;...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...cloven heel." Where there is leisure for fiction there is little grief. In this poem there is no nature, o6^ Ν w E\|: ) 1a | 4 s r AT ڹQ֙| R ِYl Us form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images ii can supply...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...heel." "Where there is leisure for fiction there is little grief. In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...fiction, there is little grief. ID this poem there is uo nature, for there is no truth ; there is uo art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With and Essay on His Life ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...cloven heel." Where there is leisure for fiction there is little grief. In this poem there is no nature, . V. Blake I ts form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply...
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