Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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... Johnson 1 62 P 113 217 270 295 311 353 Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress 408 Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden Frederick the Great 425 491 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .
... Johnson 1 62 P 113 217 270 295 311 353 Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress 408 Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden Frederick the Great 425 491 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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