Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 25
... equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . The reasons which Mr. Croker has given for in- corporating passages from Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Thrale with the narrative of Boswell , would vindicate the adulteration of ...
... equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . The reasons which Mr. Croker has given for in- corporating passages from Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Thrale with the narrative of Boswell , would vindicate the adulteration of ...
Page 40
... equal footing . They were men of quite a different species from the dependants of Curll and Osborne . Johnson came among them the solitary specimen of a past age , the last survivor of the genuine race of Grub Street hacks ; the last of ...
... equal footing . They were men of quite a different species from the dependants of Curll and Osborne . Johnson came among them the solitary specimen of a past age , the last survivor of the genuine race of Grub Street hacks ; the last of ...
Page 44
... equal to a contest with armies , contract himself to the dimensions of his small prison , and lie there the helpless slave of the charm of Solomon . Johnson was in the habit of sifting with extreme severity the evidence for all stories ...
... equal to a contest with armies , contract himself to the dimensions of his small prison , and lie there the helpless slave of the charm of Solomon . Johnson was in the habit of sifting with extreme severity the evidence for all stories ...
Page 57
... equal to his writings in matter , and far superior to them in manners . When he talked , he clothed his wit and his sense in forcible and natural expressions . As soon as he took his pen in his hand to write for the public , his style ...
... equal to his writings in matter , and far superior to them in manners . When he talked , he clothed his wit and his sense in forcible and natural expressions . As soon as he took his pen in his hand to write for the public , his style ...
Page 68
... equal degree some of the highest qualities of the great ancient masters . The words bard and inspiration , which seem so cold and affected when applied to other modern writers , have a perfect propriety when applied to him . He was not ...
... equal degree some of the highest qualities of the great ancient masters . The words bard and inspiration , which seem so cold and affected when applied to other modern writers , have a perfect propriety when applied to him . He was not ...
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