The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... pleased to dictate it to me from memory . He afterwards found among his papers a copy of it , which he had dictated to Mr. Baretti , with its title and corrections , in his own hand - writing . This he gave to Mr. Langton ; adding that ...
... pleased to dictate it to me from memory . He afterwards found among his papers a copy of it , which he had dictated to Mr. Baretti , with its title and corrections , in his own hand - writing . This he gave to Mr. Langton ; adding that ...
Page 351
... pleased to signify a desire that he should be told when Dr. Johnson came next to the library . Accordingly , the next time that John- son did come , as soon as he was fairly engaged with a book , on which , while he sat by the fire , he ...
... pleased to signify a desire that he should be told when Dr. Johnson came next to the library . Accordingly , the next time that John- son did come , as soon as he was fairly engaged with a book , on which , while he sat by the fire , he ...
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... pleased with what is great , new , or beautiful , unknown . Why the final cause more known and more useful . The final cause of our being pleased with what is great . The final cause of our being pleased with what is new . The final ...
... pleased with what is great , new , or beautiful , unknown . Why the final cause more known and more useful . The final cause of our being pleased with what is great . The final cause of our being pleased with what is new . The final ...
Contents
Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
Copyright | |
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