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And true as this is of all art , it is particularly true of criticism , which can , of course , only proceed in accordance with the standards of its time , and which , of all forms of literary expression , shifts its ground most rapidly ...
And true as this is of all art , it is particularly true of criticism , which can , of course , only proceed in accordance with the standards of its time , and which , of all forms of literary expression , shifts its ground most rapidly ...
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Critics have pointed out again and again that it is out of scale with the rest , giving far too much importance to a ... This is the sort of error that a certain kind of criticism is eager to fall upon ; but , after all , a footnote ...
Critics have pointed out again and again that it is out of scale with the rest , giving far too much importance to a ... This is the sort of error that a certain kind of criticism is eager to fall upon ; but , after all , a footnote ...
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The dialogue on the Drama was one of his first essays of criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name ...
The dialogue on the Drama was one of his first essays of criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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