The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page xx
... critical commentary of any of the lives by members of Johnson's circle.15 Murphy tends to be 15 Murphy's critical section , in Johnsonian Miscellanies , ed . G. Birkbeck Hill , 2 vols . ( Oxford , 1897 ) , I , 450-88 , comprises about ...
... critical commentary of any of the lives by members of Johnson's circle.15 Murphy tends to be 15 Murphy's critical section , in Johnsonian Miscellanies , ed . G. Birkbeck Hill , 2 vols . ( Oxford , 1897 ) , I , 450-88 , comprises about ...
Page xxi
... critical ap- proach to Johnson until the age of G. B. Hill and Leslie Stephen . It is instructive to compare it with the critical evaluations most generally available to nine- teenth - century readers . The choice is limited indeed . It ...
... critical ap- proach to Johnson until the age of G. B. Hill and Leslie Stephen . It is instructive to compare it with the critical evaluations most generally available to nine- teenth - century readers . The choice is limited indeed . It ...
Page xxiii
... critical judgments , however felici- tous his methodology might have been . He finds him lacking in appreciation for " the bold and enthusiastic , though , perhaps irregular flights of imagination " ( pp . 518-19 ) . But he differs from ...
... critical judgments , however felici- tous his methodology might have been . He finds him lacking in appreciation for " the bold and enthusiastic , though , perhaps irregular flights of imagination " ( pp . 518-19 ) . But he differs from ...
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