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... admiration , however sincerely felt or not . Except , then , for his concern for the lack of a moral in Othello ... admired , and Boswell quoted " the celebrated lines of Dryden , equally philo- sophical and poetical " ( IV : 303 ) . The ...
... admiration , however sincerely felt or not . Except , then , for his concern for the lack of a moral in Othello ... admired , and Boswell quoted " the celebrated lines of Dryden , equally philo- sophical and poetical " ( IV : 303 ) . The ...
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... admiration " ( p . 394 ) . In between these remarks he praised Johnson's beautiful description , beginning " I sat down on a bank , such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign " ( p . 107 , n . 3 ) and recollected " the ...
... admiration " ( p . 394 ) . In between these remarks he praised Johnson's beautiful description , beginning " I sat down on a bank , such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign " ( p . 107 , n . 3 ) and recollected " the ...
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... admiration for " The Life of Savage , which is distinguished for perspicuity of narration , and abounds with excellent reflection . " ( He could not , of course , com- ment upon Johnson's edition of Shakespeare's plays , for it would ...
... admiration for " The Life of Savage , which is distinguished for perspicuity of narration , and abounds with excellent reflection . " ( He could not , of course , com- ment upon Johnson's edition of Shakespeare's plays , for it would ...
Contents
Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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