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" The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive... "
The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ... - Page 138
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 394 pages
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English Critical Essays (nineteenth Century)

Edmund David Jones - 1950 - 540 pages
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Essays and Studies, Volume 20

English Association - 1935 - 160 pages
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Buchreihe der Anglia: Zeitschrift für englische Philologie, Volume 5

1955 - 250 pages
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The Forlorn Demon: Didactic and Critical Essays

Allen Tate - 1953 - 198 pages
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The Forlorn Demon: Didactic and Critical Essays

Allen Tate - 1953 - 200 pages
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Theory of Prosody in Eighteenth-century England

Paul Fussell - 1954 - 192 pages
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Selections

Samuel Johnson - 1955 - 472 pages
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A History of Modern Criticism 1750-1950: Volume 1, The Later Eighteenth Century

René Wellek - 1981 - 378 pages
...invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally...sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression." ("Grace" here means adornment, ornament; "sentiment" the content, the subject matter; "expression"...
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Collected Essays

Allen Tate - 1959 - 604 pages
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