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Page 162
... imitations of successive actions ; and why may not the second imitation represent an action that happened years after the first , if it be so connected with it , that nothing but time can be supposed to intervene ? Time is , of all ...
... imitations of successive actions ; and why may not the second imitation represent an action that happened years after the first , if it be so connected with it , that nothing but time can be supposed to intervene ? Time is , of all ...
Page 308
... Imitation of Horace's Satire , the Verses to Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he ...
... Imitation of Horace's Satire , the Verses to Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he ...
Page 416
... imitate real life , require no experience , and , exhibiting only the simple operation of unmingled passions , admit ... imitation . The design of Windsor Forest is evidently derived from Cooper's Hill , with some attention to Waller's ...
... imitate real life , require no experience , and , exhibiting only the simple operation of unmingled passions , admit ... imitation . The design of Windsor Forest is evidently derived from Cooper's Hill , with some attention to Waller's ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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