Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... the intellectually fittest , and Johnson was in this sense eminently fit . Thus whilst great men - some of England's greatest - were at work to make the 1 1 p . 34 . time , it is also in a peculiar sense true INTRODUCTION.
... the intellectually fittest , and Johnson was in this sense eminently fit . Thus whilst great men - some of England's greatest - were at work to make the 1 1 p . 34 . time , it is also in a peculiar sense true INTRODUCTION.
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... true , but essentially strong . Of all bold thinkers he is perhaps the boldest who ventures to attack optimism in a religious age ; but Johnson's character was morally and intellectually bold in the extreme . The high courage , which ...
... true , but essentially strong . Of all bold thinkers he is perhaps the boldest who ventures to attack optimism in a religious age ; but Johnson's character was morally and intellectually bold in the extreme . The high courage , which ...
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... true , had led the way , and had given , in various introductions to plays , and self - laudatory dedications , canons of criticism which had at least the merit of being sound as far as they went . But Dryden in his own day had few imi ...
... true , had led the way , and had given , in various introductions to plays , and self - laudatory dedications , canons of criticism which had at least the merit of being sound as far as they went . But Dryden in his own day had few imi ...
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... true classics Johnson's writing bears the test of the most industrious and ceaseless study . Read as often as you will , when you read again something fresh is found . His writing is in English literature what Bach's work is in music ...
... true classics Johnson's writing bears the test of the most industrious and ceaseless study . Read as often as you will , when you read again something fresh is found . His writing is in English literature what Bach's work is in music ...
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... that Derrick's intelligence was partly true , and partly erroneous . From Westminster School , where he was instructed as one of the King's scholars by Dr. Busby , whom he long after ΙΟ continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected B 2.
... that Derrick's intelligence was partly true , and partly erroneous . From Westminster School , where he was instructed as one of the King's scholars by Dr. Busby , whom he long after ΙΟ continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected B 2.
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