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Page 22
... manners , and daily inci- dents , it apparently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy ...
... manners , and daily inci- dents , it apparently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy ...
Page 23
... manners than either of the former . The character of Foresight was then common . Dryden calculated nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to ...
... manners than either of the former . The character of Foresight was then common . Dryden calculated nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to ...
Page 27
... manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little of ...
... manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial , with very little of ...
Page 31
... manners very little has been communicated , and whose lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned by enemies than by friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore , of Corsham , in Wiltshire , styled by Wood , Gentleman , and supposed ...
... manners very little has been communicated , and whose lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned by enemies than by friends . He was the son of Robert Blackmore , of Corsham , in Wiltshire , styled by Wood , Gentleman , and supposed ...
Page 36
... manner the rules of ancient critics to modern writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are ...
... manner the rules of ancient critics to modern writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are ...
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