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... thought ) intimidated even the judges in Westminster Hall . He stood firm for subordination . Though never a politician , he was - in a sense - the first man in England . Carlyle described the eighteenth century as " so steeped in ...
... thought ) intimidated even the judges in Westminster Hall . He stood firm for subordination . Though never a politician , he was - in a sense - the first man in England . Carlyle described the eighteenth century as " so steeped in ...
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... thought that if Waller could have obtained the strength of Denham , or Denham the sweetness of Waller , there had been nothing wanting to complete a poet . He often expressed his com- miseration of Dryden's poverty , and his indignation ...
... thought that if Waller could have obtained the strength of Denham , or Denham the sweetness of Waller , there had been nothing wanting to complete a poet . He often expressed his com- miseration of Dryden's poverty , and his indignation ...
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... thought himself discharged from all obligations to further 1 Outspoken Essays , Second Series , p . 207. ( I doubt the com- pleteness of the destruction . ) 2 Sir Walter Besant , London in the Eighteenth Century , p . 229 . 3 Supra , pp ...
... thought himself discharged from all obligations to further 1 Outspoken Essays , Second Series , p . 207. ( I doubt the com- pleteness of the destruction . ) 2 Sir Walter Besant , London in the Eighteenth Century , p . 229 . 3 Supra , pp ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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