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We have , therefore , in Johnson's critical judgements the finest expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and ...
We have , therefore , in Johnson's critical judgements the finest expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and ...
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The topicks of devotion are few , and being few are universally known ; but , few as they are , they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment , and very little from novelty of expression .
The topicks of devotion are few , and being few are universally known ; but , few as they are , they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment , and very little from novelty of expression .
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He may be thought to mention him- self too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our esteem , we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own . Every thing is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression .
He may be thought to mention him- self too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our esteem , we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own . Every thing is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of Oxford world's classics Issues 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1952 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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