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Page 80
... hand , and imagination of the heart , shall be brought to judgment , and an everlasting futurity shall be determined by the past . " " That to please the Lord and Father of the universe , is the supreme test of created and dependent ...
... hand , and imagination of the heart , shall be brought to judgment , and an everlasting futurity shall be determined by the past . " " That to please the Lord and Father of the universe , is the supreme test of created and dependent ...
Page 133
... hand , authors have the feeling of anticipating fame and fortune ; and writing itself is " no unpleasing employment , when one sentiment readily produces another , and both ideas and expressions present them- selves at the first summons ...
... hand , authors have the feeling of anticipating fame and fortune ; and writing itself is " no unpleasing employment , when one sentiment readily produces another , and both ideas and expressions present them- selves at the first summons ...
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... hand I have very frequently the opportunity of seeing a rural Andromache , who came up to town last winter , and is one of the greatest fox - hunters in the country . She talks of hounds and horses , and makes nothing of leaping over a ...
... hand I have very frequently the opportunity of seeing a rural Andromache , who came up to town last winter , and is one of the greatest fox - hunters in the country . She talks of hounds and horses , and makes nothing of leaping over a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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