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82 , “ and pollute his canvass with deformity , " being added by Johnson . The
Idler is evidently the work of the fame mind which produced the Rambler , but has
lefs body and more spirit , It has more variety of NI real life , and greater facility of
...
82 , “ and pollute his canvass with deformity , " being added by Johnson . The
Idler is evidently the work of the fame mind which produced the Rambler , but has
lefs body and more spirit , It has more variety of NI real life , and greater facility of
...
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In 1772 , he produced no literary performance . His only publication in 1773 , was
a new edition of his Dictionary , with additions and corrections . In the autumn of
1773 , he gratified a “ wish which he had so long entertained , that he scarcely ...
In 1772 , he produced no literary performance . His only publication in 1773 , was
a new edition of his Dictionary , with additions and corrections . In the autumn of
1773 , he gratified a “ wish which he had so long entertained , that he scarcely ...
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... in other periodical publications , and afterwards collected by Mr . Davies , in his
“ Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces , ” and to his Lives of the Poets , As a critic ,
he is entitled to the praise of being the greatest that our nation has produced .
... in other periodical publications , and afterwards collected by Mr . Davies , in his
“ Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces , ” and to his Lives of the Poets , As a critic ,
he is entitled to the praise of being the greatest that our nation has produced .
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Butler , Waller , Dryden , Addison , and Pope , are elaborately composed , and
exhibit the noblest specimens of entertaining and solid criticism , that ancient or
modern times have produced . The dissertation in the Life of Cowley , on the ...
Butler , Waller , Dryden , Addison , and Pope , are elaborately composed , and
exhibit the noblest specimens of entertaining and solid criticism , that ancient or
modern times have produced . The dissertation in the Life of Cowley , on the ...
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They have nothing that might not have been produced by any man of plain
common sense . At the same time they contain few traces of weakness or
absurdity . Never did there exist a greater disparity between the performances of
the same ...
They have nothing that might not have been produced by any man of plain
common sense . At the same time they contain few traces of weakness or
absurdity . Never did there exist a greater disparity between the performances of
the same ...
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