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... particular needs and desiderata and looks in its especial own way at the writing of the past - at criticism as much as literature . And in the last twenty years or so there has also been a much more systematic and intelligent re ...
... particular needs and desiderata and looks in its especial own way at the writing of the past - at criticism as much as literature . And in the last twenty years or so there has also been a much more systematic and intelligent re ...
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... Particular manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight a - while , by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us ...
... Particular manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight a - while , by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us ...
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... particular opportunities ; and though to the reader a book be not worse or better for the circumstances of the author , yet as there is always a silent reference of human works to human abilities , and as the enquiry , how far man may ...
... particular opportunities ; and though to the reader a book be not worse or better for the circumstances of the author , yet as there is always a silent reference of human works to human abilities , and as the enquiry , how far man may ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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