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... criticism ; and they have a great deal to say which is sound , shrewd and illuminating . They are John- son's most mature work , with much less heavy formality of style than his earlier writings , lightened more frequently by sly humour ...
... criticism ; and they have a great deal to say which is sound , shrewd and illuminating . They are John- son's most mature work , with much less heavy formality of style than his earlier writings , lightened more frequently by sly humour ...
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... criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the ...
... criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the ...
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... criticism was published by Spence , at that time Prelector of Poetry at Oxford ; a man whose learning was not very great , and whose mind was not very powerful . His criticism , however , was commonly just ; what he thought , he thought ...
... criticism was published by Spence , at that time Prelector of Poetry at Oxford ; a man whose learning was not very great , and whose mind was not very powerful . His criticism , however , was commonly just ; what he thought , he thought ...
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