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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets - Page 381
by Samuel Johnson - 1792
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The first (-third, fifth, sixth) reading book, by T. Crampton and ..., Volume 5

Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character so extensive in its comprehension and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books

Pickering & Chatto - 1895 - 268 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demosthenes fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its 1 i 01 it ati on s, that nothing can be added,...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 4

Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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Johnson's Life of Dryden, with intr. and notes by F. Ryland

Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 4

Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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Johnson's Life of Dryden [ed.] by P. Peterson

Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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An Illustrated Catalogue of Old and Rare Books for Sale at Prices ..., Parts 1-2

Pickering & Chatto - 1899 - 396 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinuson the attestation of thr heroes of Marathon, by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character so extensive in its 1097 DRYDEN (John) OF DRAMATICS POESIB, AN ESSAY. 1684. 4to, sewn 78 6d The best...
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Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes 4, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,...
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Constructive Exercises in English

Maude Morrison Frank - 1909 - 178 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished...
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