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Page vi
... wrote upon that very evening , ' I discover nothing but a barren waste of time , with some disorders of body and disturbances of the mind very near to madness , which I hope He that made me will suffer to extenuate many faults and ...
... wrote upon that very evening , ' I discover nothing but a barren waste of time , with some disorders of body and disturbances of the mind very near to madness , which I hope He that made me will suffer to extenuate many faults and ...
Page viii
... wrote in my usual way , dila- torily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . ' It is the common burthen of man's working - day ; but in this case the fruit of it remains to challenge the criticism of the ...
... wrote in my usual way , dila- torily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . ' It is the common burthen of man's working - day ; but in this case the fruit of it remains to challenge the criticism of the ...
Page xi
... wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and dis- cussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in Johnson's critical judgements the finest expression of its kind ...
... wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and dis- cussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in Johnson's critical judgements the finest expression of its kind ...
Page 9
... wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the first and second the ...
... wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the first and second the ...
Page 13
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
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