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... supply some chance demand of the market , may result in the production of a living and permanent piece of literature . Upon these rare occasions the expecta- tion and the event are always widely at variance . When Johnson sat down to ...
... supply some chance demand of the market , may result in the production of a living and permanent piece of literature . Upon these rare occasions the expecta- tion and the event are always widely at variance . When Johnson sat down to ...
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... supply , are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
... supply , are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
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... supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , which he must improve and exalt by a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him the exact bounds , and ...
... supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , which he must improve and exalt by a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him the exact bounds , and ...
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