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... sound ? The nature of the human nervous system , in so far as we understand it , is surely against him in this . ( I have always thought that a trumpet - blast was daffodil yellow , but let it pass . ) ' Sound can resemble nothing but sound ...
... sound ? The nature of the human nervous system , in so far as we understand it , is surely against him in this . ( I have always thought that a trumpet - blast was daffodil yellow , but let it pass . ) ' Sound can resemble nothing but sound ...
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... sound Th ' infernal doors ; and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder . But many beauties of this kind , which the moderns , and perhaps the ancients , have observed , seem to be the product of blind reverence acting upon fancy ...
... sound Th ' infernal doors ; and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder . But many beauties of this kind , which the moderns , and perhaps the ancients , have observed , seem to be the product of blind reverence acting upon fancy ...
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... sound an echo to the sense . ' He has read all our poets , with particular attention to this delicacy of versification , and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused , so that no man has found the sound ...
... sound an echo to the sense . ' He has read all our poets , with particular attention to this delicacy of versification , and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused , so that no man has found the sound ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
Copyright | |
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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