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" Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity... "
London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer... - Pagina 125
1735
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pagina’s
...whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by thcii r, yet matter being extended could not be without space. Few books have been perused by me 4ith master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pagina’s
...whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by then allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting...That book is good in vain which the reader throws awav. He only is the master who keeps the mini! in pleasing captivity ; whose paffes are perused with...
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The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volume 2

C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pagina’s
...parts may be subducted from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing activity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 356 pagina’s
...parts may be subducted from the whole ; and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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Lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pagina’s
...parts may be subducted from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages ( are perused with eagerness, and in...
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The Lives of the English Poets: cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester ...

Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pagina’s
...parts may be subducted from the whole, and the reader may be weary,|though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 3

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1871 - 866 pagina’s
...that the merit of great works is to be estimated, but by their general effects and ultimate result. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity, •whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 83

1871 - 848 pagina’s
...that the merit of great works is to be estimated, but by their general effects and ultimate result. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 3

1871 - 832 pagina’s
...estimated, but by their general effects and ultimate result. Works of imagination excel by their alluremont and delight — by their power of attracting and detaining...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pagina’s
...but unlike the two preceding rules, it cannot always be applied to literature of every other kind. ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...
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