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... moral discrimi- nations . If the world be promiscuously described , I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account ; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind , as upon a mirror which shows all that ...
... moral discrimi- nations . If the world be promiscuously described , I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account ; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind , as upon a mirror which shows all that ...
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... morally ; for Johnson a moral judgment that is not stated is not there.'4 The tragedies enact their moral valuations more strongly and at a deeper level than the comedies - the earlier comedies , at any rate – and this may be another ...
... morally ; for Johnson a moral judgment that is not stated is not there.'4 The tragedies enact their moral valuations more strongly and at a deeper level than the comedies - the earlier comedies , at any rate – and this may be another ...
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... Moral Poems the first is the Choice of Hercules , from Xenophon . The numbers are smooth , the diction elegant , and the thoughts just ; but something of vigour perhaps is still to be wished , which it might have had by brevity and ...
... Moral Poems the first is the Choice of Hercules , from Xenophon . The numbers are smooth , the diction elegant , and the thoughts just ; but something of vigour perhaps is still to be wished , which it might have had by brevity and ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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