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Page 254
... never found it , wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from ...
... never found it , wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from ...
Page 402
Samuel Johnson John Wain. never possessed , or never exerted . It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar , that it must be considered by itself ; what is true of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written . In his other ...
Samuel Johnson John Wain. never possessed , or never exerted . It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar , that it must be considered by itself ; what is true of that , is not true of any thing else which he has written . In his other ...
Page 417
... never denied to be much improved ; the allegory is very skilfully continued , the imagery is properly selected , and learnedly displayed : yet , with all this com- prehension of excellence , as its scene is laid in remote ages , and its ...
... never denied to be much improved ; the allegory is very skilfully continued , the imagery is properly selected , and learnedly displayed : yet , with all this com- prehension of excellence , as its scene is laid in remote ages , and its ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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