Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... line of demarcation between Faith and Fatalism is ever apt to become vague and shadowy to a feeble intellect or a feeble courage ; but Johnson's was a nature , rugged it is true , but essentially strong . Of all bold thinkers he is ...
... line of demarcation between Faith and Fatalism is ever apt to become vague and shadowy to a feeble intellect or a feeble courage ; but Johnson's was a nature , rugged it is true , but essentially strong . Of all bold thinkers he is ...
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... line- ' Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur istis . ' Johnson's position as a classic would be assured him by his criticism alone , if other claims were wanting . His Lives of the Poets are rather critiques than biographies , and in ...
... line- ' Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur istis . ' Johnson's position as a classic would be assured him by his criticism alone , if other claims were wanting . His Lives of the Poets are rather critiques than biographies , and in ...
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... line with line that the merit of great works is to be estimated , but by their general effects and ultimate result . It is easy to note a weak line , and to write one more vigorous in its place ; to find a happiness of expression in the ...
... line with line that the merit of great works is to be estimated , but by their general effects and ultimate result . It is easy to note a weak line , and to write one more vigorous in its place ; to find a happiness of expression in the ...
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... lines . With shrewd penetration we are warned against judging too harshly of the apparent hypocrisy of private letters : and again , with even greater acuteness , against crediting a man's over - earnest or over - frequent protestations ...
... lines . With shrewd penetration we are warned against judging too harshly of the apparent hypocrisy of private letters : and again , with even greater acuteness , against crediting a man's over - earnest or over - frequent protestations ...
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... lines : - ' Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother - University ; Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age . ' It was not till the death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a ...
... lines : - ' Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother - University ; Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age . ' It was not till the death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a ...
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