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Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters
, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of
barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that
should ...
Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters
, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of
barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that
should ...
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It may be added, in vindication of our intended practice, that it is the same with
that of Photius, whose collections are no less miscellaneous than ours ; and who
declares, that he leaves it to his reader, to reduce his extracts under their proper ...
It may be added, in vindication of our intended practice, that it is the same with
that of Photius, whose collections are no less miscellaneous than ours ; and who
declares, that he leaves it to his reader, to reduce his extracts under their proper ...
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The writers of the Chronicle hope to be easily forgiven, though they should not be
free from an infection that has seized the whole fraternity, and instead of falling
immediately to their subjects, should detain the reader for a time with an account
...
The writers of the Chronicle hope to be easily forgiven, though they should not be
free from an infection that has seized the whole fraternity, and instead of falling
immediately to their subjects, should detain the reader for a time with an account
...
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In the narratives of the daily writers every reader perceives somewhat of
neatness and purity wanting, which at the first view it seems easy to supply : but it
must be considered, that those passages must be written in haste, and that there
is often ...
In the narratives of the daily writers every reader perceives somewhat of
neatness and purity wanting, which at the first view it seems easy to supply : but it
must be considered, that those passages must be written in haste, and that there
is often ...
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The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or
blest with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom or unceasing sunshine ;
nor are the nations here described either devoid of all sense of humanity, ...
The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or
blest with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom or unceasing sunshine ;
nor are the nations here described either devoid of all sense of humanity, ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 4 Feb 2010 |
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