Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... knowledge he had no choice . Not merely the facts , but what was more momentous for him , the method of acquiring facts , was firmly rooted in him within those two years . Within that space of time he had probably made the acquaintance ...
... knowledge he had no choice . Not merely the facts , but what was more momentous for him , the method of acquiring facts , was firmly rooted in him within those two years . Within that space of time he had probably made the acquaintance ...
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... knowledge must pay the express fare ; and Johnson paid it in the severe reaction which follows upon periods of the intensest intellectual activity . His memory was an excellent servant to him , and he trusted it even too implicitly ...
... knowledge must pay the express fare ; and Johnson paid it in the severe reaction which follows upon periods of the intensest intellectual activity . His memory was an excellent servant to him , and he trusted it even too implicitly ...
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... knowledge of the English literature of his own century and the preceding one . These Lives first came out , In a letter to Boswell , May 3 , 1777 . in accordance with the original plan , as prefaces in INTRODUCTION . xxi.
... knowledge of the English literature of his own century and the preceding one . These Lives first came out , In a letter to Boswell , May 3 , 1777 . in accordance with the original plan , as prefaces in INTRODUCTION . xxi.
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... knowledge . Criticism being a matter of com- parison , a man must be acquainted with many authors to judge well of any . And in this Johnson had no rival amongst the writers of his day . Knowledge so superior naturally begets self ...
... knowledge . Criticism being a matter of com- parison , a man must be acquainted with many authors to judge well of any . And in this Johnson had no rival amongst the writers of his day . Knowledge so superior naturally begets self ...
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... Knowledge of the subject is to the poet what durable materials are to the architect ' ( p . 87 ) . There is , it need hardly be said , no necessity to confine this rule to poets only ; it is sound and good for all literature ; and if it ...
... Knowledge of the subject is to the poet what durable materials are to the architect ' ( p . 87 ) . There is , it need hardly be said , no necessity to confine this rule to poets only ; it is sound and good for all literature ; and if it ...
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