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... opinion . For this purpose he has considerably increased the text , and add- ed almost the whole of the present notes . The latter , it is true , after all , are rather re- sults of criticism , than criticism itself ; and the smallness ...
... opinion . For this purpose he has considerably increased the text , and add- ed almost the whole of the present notes . The latter , it is true , after all , are rather re- sults of criticism , than criticism itself ; and the smallness ...
Page 35
... his lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession , had 6 35.
... his lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession , had 6 35.
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... opinions which interfered with his self love , or disturbed the preconceived notions upon which he had rested himself . With- out dwelling , therefore , upon the praises which he has elsewhere bestowed upon these very varie- ties , and ...
... opinions which interfered with his self love , or disturbed the preconceived notions upon which he had rested himself . With- out dwelling , therefore , upon the praises which he has elsewhere bestowed upon these very varie- ties , and ...
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... opinions and countries , have united to speak of him with one voice , are mere notices , however excellent of their kind . Little , perhaps , could be added to the facts of his story ; but they are of a nature to be rendered doubly ...
... opinions and countries , have united to speak of him with one voice , are mere notices , however excellent of their kind . Little , perhaps , could be added to the facts of his story ; but they are of a nature to be rendered doubly ...
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... man have made a mistake upon an old poet fifty years back , and he shall be properly denounced ; let Mrs. Barbauld , to whom the rising generation are so mu indebted , publish but a poetical opinion in verse , differing with 10 * 59.
... man have made a mistake upon an old poet fifty years back , and he shall be properly denounced ; let Mrs. Barbauld , to whom the rising generation are so mu indebted , publish but a poetical opinion in verse , differing with 10 * 59.
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