He doubtless praised some whom he would have been afraid to marry, and perhaps married one whom he would have been ashamed to praise. Many qualities contribute to domestic happiness, upon which poetry has no colours to bestow ; and many airs and sallies... Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets - Стр. 161 авторы: Samuel Johnson - 1779 Полный просмотр -
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