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... things is he , Yet are the trunks , which do to us derive Things , in proportion fit , by perspective Deeds of good men ; for by their living here , Virtues , indeed remote , seem to be near . Who would imagine it possible that in a ...
... things is he , Yet are the trunks , which do to us derive Things , in proportion fit , by perspective Deeds of good men ; for by their living here , Virtues , indeed remote , seem to be near . Who would imagine it possible that in a ...
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... thing else which he has written . In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language , which rather ... things ; he is neither required to mount elevations , nor to explore profundities ; his passage is always on a level ...
... thing else which he has written . In his other works is found an equable tenor of easy language , which rather ... things ; he is neither required to mount elevations , nor to explore profundities ; his passage is always on a level ...
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... things are made new , every paragraph will prove . The subject of the poem is an event below the common incidents of common life ; nothing real is introduced that is not seen so often as to be no longer regarded , yet the whole detail ...
... things are made new , every paragraph will prove . The subject of the poem is an event below the common incidents of common life ; nothing real is introduced that is not seen so often as to be no longer regarded , yet the whole detail ...
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