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... pleasure , and while his strict Christian principles meant that he confined himself to innocent pleasures , he ... pleasure very tame ? ' JOHNSON . ' Nay , sir , harmless pleasure is the highest praise . Pleasure is a word of dubious ...
... pleasure , and while his strict Christian principles meant that he confined himself to innocent pleasures , he ... pleasure very tame ? ' JOHNSON . ' Nay , sir , harmless pleasure is the highest praise . Pleasure is a word of dubious ...
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... pleasure induced Sannazarius1 to remove the scene from the fields to the sea , to substitute fishermen for shepherds , and derive his sentiments from the piscatory life ; for which he has been censured by succeeding critics , because ...
... pleasure induced Sannazarius1 to remove the scene from the fields to the sea , to substitute fishermen for shepherds , and derive his sentiments from the piscatory life ; for which he has been censured by succeeding critics , because ...
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... pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and , when expectation is disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of the present ...
... pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and , when expectation is disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of the present ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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