Samuel Johnson and the Life of WritingHarcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1971 - 303 pages |
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... thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority . " > But while ... thoughts . " Religion , notice : not literature , writing , or literary judgment . The writing , as we shall see , was ...
... thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority . " > But while ... thoughts . " Religion , notice : not literature , writing , or literary judgment . The writing , as we shall see , was ...
Page 171
... thoughts of the " conclusion " —a conclusion which , not being a logical one , is a conclusion in which nothing is concluded . Johnson is equally committed to both parts of the essay , whose essence is the drama generated by the two ...
... thoughts of the " conclusion " —a conclusion which , not being a logical one , is a conclusion in which nothing is concluded . Johnson is equally committed to both parts of the essay , whose essence is the drama generated by the two ...
Page 203
... thought and accurate circumspection to promote various purposes by the same act . " • 9 To the end that various purposes may be promoted by the same act , the Dictionary , as Wimsatt has said , is " embellished by numer- ous aphorisms ...
... thought and accurate circumspection to promote various purposes by the same act . " • 9 To the end that various purposes may be promoted by the same act , the Dictionary , as Wimsatt has said , is " embellished by numer- ous aphorisms ...
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