The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... manner , it became habitual to him . A.D. 1754 , 1755 AGE 45-46 The Dictionary , we may believe , afforded Johnson full occupation this year . As it approached to its conclusion , he probably worked with redoubled vigour , as seamen ...
... manner , it became habitual to him . A.D. 1754 , 1755 AGE 45-46 The Dictionary , we may believe , afforded Johnson full occupation this year . As it approached to its conclusion , he probably worked with redoubled vigour , as seamen ...
Page 353
... manner , with a sonorous voice , and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing room . After the King withdrew , Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conver- sation , and ...
... manner , with a sonorous voice , and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing room . After the King withdrew , Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conver- sation , and ...
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... manners which prevailed in that age . We should endeavor to place ourselves in the writer's situation and circumstances . Hence we shall become better enabled to discover how his turn of thinking and manner of composing were influenced ...
... manners which prevailed in that age . We should endeavor to place ourselves in the writer's situation and circumstances . Hence we shall become better enabled to discover how his turn of thinking and manner of composing were influenced ...
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Alexander Pope | 15 |
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