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Samuel Johnson. SINCE I have thus pointed out the faults of Milton , the laws of critical integrity require that I fhould endeavour to display his excellencies , tho ' they will not eafily be difcovered in fhort quotations , because they ...
Samuel Johnson. SINCE I have thus pointed out the faults of Milton , the laws of critical integrity require that I fhould endeavour to display his excellencies , tho ' they will not eafily be difcovered in fhort quotations , because they ...
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... laws of their existence . IF we confider the exercifes of the mind , it will be found that in each part of life fome particular faculty is more eminently employed . When the treafures of knowledge are first opened before us , while ...
... laws of their existence . IF we confider the exercifes of the mind , it will be found that in each part of life fome particular faculty is more eminently employed . When the treafures of knowledge are first opened before us , while ...
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... laws of nature , and those rules are fuppofed coeval with reason , of which the firft rife cannot be discovered . CRITICISM has fometimes permitted fancy to dictate the laws by which fancy ought to be reftrained , and fallacy to perplex ...
... laws of nature , and those rules are fuppofed coeval with reason , of which the firft rife cannot be discovered . CRITICISM has fometimes permitted fancy to dictate the laws by which fancy ought to be reftrained , and fallacy to perplex ...
Contents
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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