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THE LIFE OF JOHNSO N . 11 The events of the life of JOHNSON , “ the brightest
ornament of the eighteenth century , ” who has written the lives of so many
eminent persons , and so much enriched our national stock of criticism and
biography ...
THE LIFE OF JOHNSO N . 11 The events of the life of JOHNSON , “ the brightest
ornament of the eighteenth century , ” who has written the lives of so many
eminent persons , and so much enriched our national stock of criticism and
biography ...
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dice , and his judgment is insensibly warped by the particularity of his private
opinion . These observations apply to his Life of Savage , the most finished of his
biographical disquisitions ; and his Lives of feveral other eminent men , which
were ...
dice , and his judgment is insensibly warped by the particularity of his private
opinion . These observations apply to his Life of Savage , the most finished of his
biographical disquisitions ; and his Lives of feveral other eminent men , which
were ...
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But his critical powers fhine with more concentrated radiance in the Lives of the
Pocts . These compositions , abounding in strong and just illustrations of criticism
, evince the vigour of his mind , and that happy art of moralization , by which he ...
But his critical powers fhine with more concentrated radiance in the Lives of the
Pocts . These compositions , abounding in strong and just illustrations of criticism
, evince the vigour of his mind , and that happy art of moralization , by which he ...
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Never did there exist a greater disparity between the performances of the same
author , than between this publication and the Lives of the Poets , or the numbers
of the Rambler . His Meditations , as they are im11 Simproperly called , are ...
Never did there exist a greater disparity between the performances of the same
author , than between this publication and the Lives of the Poets , or the numbers
of the Rambler . His Meditations , as they are im11 Simproperly called , are ...
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The composition of this work differs a good deal from that of Rafselas , the
Journey to the Western islands , and The Lives of the Poets . The native vigour ,
and peculiarity of feature , are indeed preserved , but they are polished to greater
...
The composition of this work differs a good deal from that of Rafselas , the
Journey to the Western islands , and The Lives of the Poets . The native vigour ,
and peculiarity of feature , are indeed preserved , but they are polished to greater
...
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