A Literary History of England: The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660-1789, by George SherburnAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 - 1673 pages |
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Page 991
... Johnson's whole life . The vanity of literary or scholarly fame is colored by personal feeling in the couplet : There mark what ills the scholar's life assail , Toil , envy , want , the patron , and ... Johnson's cherished DR . JOHNSON 991.
... Johnson's whole life . The vanity of literary or scholarly fame is colored by personal feeling in the couplet : There mark what ills the scholar's life assail , Toil , envy , want , the patron , and ... Johnson's cherished DR . JOHNSON 991.
Page 993
... Johnson's contribution was less textual than it was interpretative and historical . He , first , pointed out many sources for the plays , and his notes on individual ... Johnson as Essayist As a Moralist : Rasselas critic , DR . JOHNSON 993.
... Johnson's contribution was less textual than it was interpretative and historical . He , first , pointed out many sources for the plays , and his notes on individual ... Johnson as Essayist As a Moralist : Rasselas critic , DR . JOHNSON 993.
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... Johnson ; but his duties as a Scottish advocate and his interest in politics make it wrong to suppose Johnson the sole center of Boswell's existence . Apart from his Life of John- son Boswell had a very considerable career as writer ...
... Johnson ; but his duties as a Scottish advocate and his interest in politics make it wrong to suppose Johnson the sole center of Boswell's existence . Apart from his Life of John- son Boswell had a very considerable career as writer ...
Contents
List of Abbreviations | 696 |
Literary Criticism of the Restoration | 710 |
III The Poetry of Dryden | 722 |
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