Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 449
... admiration for the independence of spirit which Pope showed on this occasion . " He passed over peers and statesmen to inscribe his Iliad to Congreve , with a magnanimity of which the praise had been complete , had his friend's virtue ...
... admiration for the independence of spirit which Pope showed on this occasion . " He passed over peers and statesmen to inscribe his Iliad to Congreve , with a magnanimity of which the praise had been complete , had his friend's virtue ...
Page 542
... admiration for the man to whom we owe so much instruction and amusement . While edition after edition of his book was coming forth , his son , as Mr. Croker tells us , was ashamed of it , and hated to hear it mentioned . This feeling ...
... admiration for the man to whom we owe so much instruction and amusement . While edition after edition of his book was coming forth , his son , as Mr. Croker tells us , was ashamed of it , and hated to hear it mentioned . This feeling ...
Page 555
... admiration under the same roof , and on the same day . Johnson decided literary questions like a lawyer , not like a legislator . He never examined foundations where a point was already ruled . His whole code of criticism rested on pure ...
... admiration under the same roof , and on the same day . Johnson decided literary questions like a lawyer , not like a legislator . He never examined foundations where a point was already ruled . His whole code of criticism rested on pure ...
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