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Page 64
... labour and of truth ; she was at her birth committed to the care of justice , and brought up by her in the palace of wisdom . Being soon distinguished by the celestials , for her uncommon qualities , she was appointed the governess of ...
... labour and of truth ; she was at her birth committed to the care of justice , and brought up by her in the palace of wisdom . Being soon distinguished by the celestials , for her uncommon qualities , she was appointed the governess of ...
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... labour , and a mouse is born . Roscommon . If all these observations are just , there must be some remarkable ... labour hard Mov'd on : with difficulty and labour he- thus he has described the leviathans or whales , Wallowing ...
... labour , and a mouse is born . Roscommon . If all these observations are just , there must be some remarkable ... labour hard Mov'd on : with difficulty and labour he- thus he has described the leviathans or whales , Wallowing ...
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... labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active and comprehensive mind . I am informed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester , the ...
... labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active and comprehensive mind . I am informed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester , the ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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action admiration Aeneid ancient appears attention beauties blank verse censure character comedy common composition considered Cowley criticism death delight dialogue diction dignity diligence drama Dryden easily easy edition effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence exhibit expression eyes F. R. Leavis Falstaff fancy faults genius give harmony heaven hexameter Hudibras human Iliad images imagination imitation Johnson judgment kind King knowledge labour language learning lines literary literature lived Lycidas Macbeth Metaphysical poets Milton mind moral nature never numbers observed opinion original Othello Paradise Lost passages passions pastoral perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise produced reader reason remarks rhyme Samson Samson Agonistes Samuel Johnson says scarcely scenes seems sense sentiments Shakespeare sometimes sound supposed syllables thee things thou thought tion tragedy translation truth versification Virgil virtue Warburton words writer written