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Samuel Johnson. But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is pro- duced by aggregation , and ...
Samuel Johnson. But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is pro- duced by aggregation , and ...
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... effects produced by observing them were so happy , that I know not whether they were ever opposed but by Sir Edward ... effect : will is wanting to power , or power to will , or both are impeded by external obstructions . The exigences ...
... effects produced by observing them were so happy , that I know not whether they were ever opposed but by Sir Edward ... effect : will is wanting to power , or power to will , or both are impeded by external obstructions . The exigences ...
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... effect ; the crown therefore could not reasonably be divided . In a general survey of Dryden's labours , he appears to have a mind very comprehensive by nature , and much enriched with acquired knowledge . His compositions are the effects ...
... effect ; the crown therefore could not reasonably be divided . In a general survey of Dryden's labours , he appears to have a mind very comprehensive by nature , and much enriched with acquired knowledge . His compositions are the effects ...
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