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... present in one human being is latently present in all . But the forms of literature , and the procedures of literary criticism , reflected the difference rather than the similarity . People looked for individual cases . They saw each ...
... present in one human being is latently present in all . But the forms of literature , and the procedures of literary criticism , reflected the difference rather than the similarity . People looked for individual cases . They saw each ...
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... present age has added much to the force and efficacy of the drama , it has at least been able to escape many faults , which either ignorance had overlooked , or indulgence had licensed . The later tragedies , indeed , have faults of ...
... present age has added much to the force and efficacy of the drama , it has at least been able to escape many faults , which either ignorance had overlooked , or indulgence had licensed . The later tragedies , indeed , have faults of ...
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... present praise , and those who find themselves exalted into fame , are willing to credit their encomiasts , and to ... present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was PREFACE 171.
... present praise , and those who find themselves exalted into fame , are willing to credit their encomiasts , and to ... present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was PREFACE 171.
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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action admiration Aeneid ancient appears attention beauties blank verse censure character comedy common composition considered Cowley criticism death delight dialogue diction dignity diligence drama Dryden easily easy edition effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence exhibit expression eyes F. R. Leavis Falstaff fancy faults genius give harmony heaven hexameter Hudibras human Iliad images imagination imitation Johnson judgment kind King knowledge labour language learning lines literary literature lived Lycidas Macbeth Metaphysical poets Milton mind moral nature never numbers observed opinion original Othello Paradise Lost passages passions pastoral perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise produced reader reason remarks rhyme Samson Samson Agonistes Samuel Johnson says scarcely scenes seems sense sentiments Shakespeare sometimes sound supposed syllables thee things thou thought tion tragedy translation truth versification Virgil virtue Warburton words writer written