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Such a sentence gives the judgement pause ; and we now begin to appreciate a certain drawback to the critical standard of an age in which the practice of poetry has become the exercise of every elegant imagination .
Such a sentence gives the judgement pause ; and we now begin to appreciate a certain drawback to the critical standard of an age in which the practice of poetry has become the exercise of every elegant imagination .
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The observation , that his imagination would probably have been more fruitful and spritely if his judgement had been less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his ...
The observation , that his imagination would probably have been more fruitful and spritely if his judgement had been less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his ...
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... without any violent expectation , or delusive imagination , or invincible prepossession ; that such an audience is liable to ... not formed by nature to make proselytes , and to controul and lord it over the imaginations of others .
... without any violent expectation , or delusive imagination , or invincible prepossession ; that such an audience is liable to ... not formed by nature to make proselytes , and to controul and lord it over the imaginations of others .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2011 |
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