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Page 154
... allowed ; but there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature . The end of writing is to instruct ; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing . That the mingled drama may convey all the instruction of tragedy or comedy cannot ...
... allowed ; but there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature . The end of writing is to instruct ; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing . That the mingled drama may convey all the instruction of tragedy or comedy cannot ...
Page 294
... allowed to be the portress of hell ; but when they stop the journey of Satan , a journey described as real , and when Death offers him battle , the allegory is broken . That Sin and Death should have shown the way to hell , might have ...
... allowed to be the portress of hell ; but when they stop the journey of Satan , a journey described as real , and when Death offers him battle , the allegory is broken . That Sin and Death should have shown the way to hell , might have ...
Page 415
... allowed to Dry- den , whose education was more scholastic , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study , with better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and ...
... allowed to Dry- den , whose education was more scholastic , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study , with better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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