Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... Johnson Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden Frederick the Great Page 1 . 62 P 113 217 · 270 295 311 353 408 425 491 1 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.
... Johnson Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden Frederick the Great Page 1 . 62 P 113 217 · 270 295 311 353 408 425 491 1 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.
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... Johnson has thought fit to make him the butt of much clumsy ridicule . The poet , we believe , under- stood the nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which ...
... Johnson has thought fit to make him the butt of much clumsy ridicule . The poet , we believe , under- stood the nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which ...
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... Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as a habitual ...
... Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as a habitual ...
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... Johnson acknowledges that it was absolutely necessary that the spirits should be clothed with material forms . " But , " says he , " the poet should have secured the consistency of his system by keeping immateriality out of sight , and ...
... Johnson acknowledges that it was absolutely necessary that the spirits should be clothed with material forms . " But , " says he , " the poet should have secured the consistency of his system by keeping immateriality out of sight , and ...
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... Johnson called " the bottomless Whigs " come into power . While the book was in the press , the pro- phecy was falsified ; and a Tory of the Tories , Mr. Southey's own favourite hero , won and wore that SOUTHEY'S COLLOQUIES ON SOCIETY .
... Johnson called " the bottomless Whigs " come into power . While the book was in the press , the pro- phecy was falsified ; and a Tory of the Tories , Mr. Southey's own favourite hero , won and wore that SOUTHEY'S COLLOQUIES ON SOCIETY .
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