Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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... THE RESTORATION ADDISON . SAMUEL JOHNSON MADAME D'ARBLAY BYRON · MONTGOMERY INDEX · · 38 73 • 119 187 · 225 • 237 • 290 399 · 411 · 453 V • 523 563 • 613 · 643 661 • . MACAULAY'S ESSAYS MACHIAVELLI ( March 1827 ) Euvres complètes vii.
... THE RESTORATION ADDISON . SAMUEL JOHNSON MADAME D'ARBLAY BYRON · MONTGOMERY INDEX · · 38 73 • 119 187 · 225 • 237 • 290 399 · 411 · 453 V • 523 563 • 613 · 643 661 • . MACAULAY'S ESSAYS MACHIAVELLI ( March 1827 ) Euvres complètes vii.
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... Johnson , incredulous on all other points , was a ready believer in miracles and apparitions . He would not believe in Ossian ; but he was willing to believe in the second sight . He would not believe in the earthquake of Lisbon ; but ...
... Johnson , incredulous on all other points , was a ready believer in miracles and apparitions . He would not believe in Ossian ; but he was willing to believe in the second sight . He would not believe in the earthquake of Lisbon ; but ...
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... Johnson called " the bottomless Whigs come into power . While the book was in the press , the prophecy was falsified ; and a Tory of the Tories , Mr. Southey's " own favourite hero , won and wore that noblest wreath 214 Macaulay's Essays.
... Johnson called " the bottomless Whigs come into power . While the book was in the press , the prophecy was falsified ; and a Tory of the Tories , Mr. Southey's " own favourite hero , won and wore that noblest wreath 214 Macaulay's Essays.
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... Johnson's works , and some of still higher merit by Addison . In these performances there is , perhaps , as much wit and ingenuity as in the Pilgrim's Progress . But the pleasure which is produced by the Vision of Mirza , the Vision of ...
... Johnson's works , and some of still higher merit by Addison . In these performances there is , perhaps , as much wit and ingenuity as in the Pilgrim's Progress . But the pleasure which is produced by the Vision of Mirza , the Vision of ...
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... Johnson , all whose studies were desultory , and who hated , as he said , to read books through , made an exception in favour of the Pilgrim's Progress . That work was one of the two or three works which he wished longer . It was by no ...
... Johnson , all whose studies were desultory , and who hated , as he said , to read books through , made an exception in favour of the Pilgrim's Progress . That work was one of the two or three works which he wished longer . It was by no ...
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