The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... sentiments in human language , by scenes from which a hermit may estimate the transactions of the world , and a confessor predict the progress of the passions . His adherence to general nature has exposed him to the censure of criticks ...
... sentiments in human language , by scenes from which a hermit may estimate the transactions of the world , and a confessor predict the progress of the passions . His adherence to general nature has exposed him to the censure of criticks ...
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... sentiments are sometimes forced , and their actions improbable ; as the earth upon the whole is spherical , though its surface is varied with protuberances and cavities . Shakespeare with his excellencies has likewise faults , and ...
... sentiments are sometimes forced , and their actions improbable ; as the earth upon the whole is spherical , though its surface is varied with protuberances and cavities . Shakespeare with his excellencies has likewise faults , and ...
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... sentiment , which he cannot well express , and will not reject ; he struggles with it a while , and , if it continues ... sentiments and vulgar ideas disappoint the attention , to which they are recommended by sonorous epithets and ...
... sentiment , which he cannot well express , and will not reject ; he struggles with it a while , and , if it continues ... sentiments and vulgar ideas disappoint the attention , to which they are recommended by sonorous epithets and ...
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... sentiments or human actions ; we place it with the fairest and the noblest progeny which judgment propagates by conjunction with learning ; but " Othello " is the vigorous and vivacious offspring of observation im- pregnated by genius ...
... sentiments or human actions ; we place it with the fairest and the noblest progeny which judgment propagates by conjunction with learning ; but " Othello " is the vigorous and vivacious offspring of observation im- pregnated by genius ...
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... , after a short celebrity , sink into oblivion . The first , whoever they be , must take their sentiments and descriptions immediately from knowledge ; the resemblance is therefore just , 166 PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE .
... , after a short celebrity , sink into oblivion . The first , whoever they be , must take their sentiments and descriptions immediately from knowledge ; the resemblance is therefore just , 166 PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE .
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