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... genius , fcarcely any fpecies of compofition deferves more to be cultivated than the epiftolary ftile , fince none is of more various or frequent ufe , through the whole fubordination of human life . ... IT has yet happened that among ...
... genius , fcarcely any fpecies of compofition deferves more to be cultivated than the epiftolary ftile , fince none is of more various or frequent ufe , through the whole fubordination of human life . ... IT has yet happened that among ...
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... genius merely . by the event . Thefe refiftlefs viciffitudes of the heart , this alternate prevalence of merriment and folemnity may fometimes be more properly afcribed to the vigour of the writer than the juftnefs of the defign : And ...
... genius merely . by the event . Thefe refiftlefs viciffitudes of the heart , this alternate prevalence of merriment and folemnity may fometimes be more properly afcribed to the vigour of the writer than the juftnefs of the defign : And ...
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... genius . THOSE who have fo much perplexed their ideas as to claim reputation from vice or folly , merely because they have been sometimes by uncommon genius or virtue preferved from contempt , will fcarcely be reclaimed ; but this ...
... genius . THOSE who have fo much perplexed their ideas as to claim reputation from vice or folly , merely because they have been sometimes by uncommon genius or virtue preferved from contempt , will fcarcely be reclaimed ; but this ...
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NUMB Page 137 The neceffity of literary courage I | 9 |
A critical examination of Samfon Agonifies | 18 |
The criticiſm continued | 28 |
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| Title | The Rambler. ... English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection The Eighteenth Century The Rambler, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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