The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 61
... genius can much applaud himself for repeating a tale with which the audience is already tired , and which could bring no honour to any but its inventor . There are , I think , two schemes of writing , on which the laborious wits of the ...
... genius can much applaud himself for repeating a tale with which the audience is already tired , and which could bring no honour to any but its inventor . There are , I think , two schemes of writing , on which the laborious wits of the ...
Pagina 66
... genius ; and so far has this defect raised prejudices against us , that some have doubted whether an Englishman can stop at that mediocrity of style , or confine his mind to that even tenour of imagination , which narrative requires ...
... genius ; and so far has this defect raised prejudices against us , that some have doubted whether an Englishman can stop at that mediocrity of style , or confine his mind to that even tenour of imagination , which narrative requires ...
Pagina 261
... genius and natural sagacity . The wits of these happy days have discovered a way to fame , which the dull caution of our laborious ances- tors durst never attempt ; they cut the knots of sophistry which it was formerly the business of ...
... genius and natural sagacity . The wits of these happy days have discovered a way to fame , which the dull caution of our laborious ances- tors durst never attempt ; they cut the knots of sophistry which it was formerly the business of ...
Sommario
The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser | 56 |
A criticism on the English historians | 62 |
The young trader turned gentleman | 69 |
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