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Page 245
... perhaps not understood , changed to a term more intelligible , but less proper . Maiden rites give no certain or definite image . He might have put maiden wreaths , or maiden garlands , but he perhaps bestowed no thought upon it , and ...
... perhaps not understood , changed to a term more intelligible , but less proper . Maiden rites give no certain or definite image . He might have put maiden wreaths , or maiden garlands , but he perhaps bestowed no thought upon it , and ...
Page 308
... perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one ...
... perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one ...
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... perhaps all his strictures are not exact , yet it is not often that solecisms can be found ; and who ever depends on this authority may generally conclude himself safe . His sentences are never too much dilated or contracted ; and it ...
... perhaps all his strictures are not exact , yet it is not often that solecisms can be found ; and who ever depends on this authority may generally conclude himself safe . His sentences are never too much dilated or contracted ; and it ...
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JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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