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... PASTORAL " Pastorals are pretty enough - for those that like them — but to me Thyrsis is one of the most insipid fellows I ever conversed with , and as for ... PASTORAL DELIGHTS 61 author was expected to attempt . 60 JOHNSON ON PASTORAL.
... PASTORAL " Pastorals are pretty enough - for those that like them — but to me Thyrsis is one of the most insipid fellows I ever conversed with , and as for ... PASTORAL DELIGHTS 61 author was expected to attempt . 60 JOHNSON ON PASTORAL.
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... PASTORAL DELIGHTS 61 author was expected to attempt . It was still usual to write verses about shepherds and shepherdesses , nymphs and swains , to sing of Strephon and Chloe , Alexis and Clorinda , dividing the " fleecy care " of their ...
... PASTORAL DELIGHTS 61 author was expected to attempt . It was still usual to write verses about shepherds and shepherdesses , nymphs and swains , to sing of Strephon and Chloe , Alexis and Clorinda , dividing the " fleecy care " of their ...
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... pastoral , than lilies and roses , and rocks and streams , among which are heard the gentle whispers of chaste fondness , or the soft complaints of amorous impatience . " Others tell us that , " to support the character of the shepherd ...
... pastoral , than lilies and roses , and rocks and streams , among which are heard the gentle whispers of chaste fondness , or the soft complaints of amorous impatience . " Others tell us that , " to support the character of the shepherd ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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