The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... merit that a player should marginal line : be rewarded in the same manner with him , or was the was the ... it was [ H ] sudden effect of a fit of peevishness , it was unluckily said , and , indeed , cannot be justified . Mr. Sheridan's ...
... merit that a player should marginal line : be rewarded in the same manner with him , or was the was the ... it was [ H ] sudden effect of a fit of peevishness , it was unluckily said , and , indeed , cannot be justified . Mr. Sheridan's ...
Page 419
... merit is there in that ? You may as well praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir , there is no real criticism in it : none shewing the beauty of thought , as formed on the workings of the human heart ...
... merit is there in that ? You may as well praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir , there is no real criticism in it : none shewing the beauty of thought , as formed on the workings of the human heart ...
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... merit in telling how many plays have ghosts in them , and how this Ghost is better than that . You must shew how terrour is impressed on the human heart . — In the description of night in Mac- beth , the beetle and the bat detract from ...
... merit in telling how many plays have ghosts in them , and how this Ghost is better than that . You must shew how terrour is impressed on the human heart . — In the description of night in Mac- beth , the beetle and the bat detract from ...
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