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Samuel Johnson. teacher is forgotten . Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of some- thing which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rise from the field which it re- freshes . To ...
Samuel Johnson. teacher is forgotten . Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of some- thing which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rise from the field which it re- freshes . To ...
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... learning has been depreciated . He certainly was , in his early life , a man of great literary curiosity ; and when he wrote his Essay on Criticism had , for his age , a very wide acquaintance with books . When he entered into the ...
... learning has been depreciated . He certainly was , in his early life , a man of great literary curiosity ; and when he wrote his Essay on Criticism had , for his age , a very wide acquaintance with books . When he entered into the ...
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... learning and great industry , could not but produce something valuable . When he pleases least , it can only be said that a good design was ill directed . His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is ...
... learning and great industry , could not but produce something valuable . When he pleases least , it can only be said that a good design was ill directed . His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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