ELH., Volume 11Johns Hopkins University Press, 1944 ELH publishes studies that interpret the conditions affecting major works in English and American literature. The journal seeks to emphasize the importance of historical continuity in the discipline of letters without sponsoring particular methods or aims. |
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... Johnson's own central position— his appeal to human nature and common experience , " " o and Johnson thought very well of it : " Sir , this book ... is a pretty essay , and deserves to be held in some estimation . " " 1 Young's ...
... Johnson's own central position— his appeal to human nature and common experience , " " o and Johnson thought very well of it : " Sir , this book ... is a pretty essay , and deserves to be held in some estimation . " " 1 Young's ...
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... Johnson was a staunch Anglican , but there is something Methodistical in his extreme piety . On one occa- sion , Boswell " talked of preaching , and of the great success which those called methodists have . " Said Johnson : Sir , it is ...
... Johnson was a staunch Anglican , but there is something Methodistical in his extreme piety . On one occa- sion , Boswell " talked of preaching , and of the great success which those called methodists have . " Said Johnson : Sir , it is ...
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... Johnson's Jacobitism was a sentimental sort of devotion to a lost cause , and was just about as sincere and profound as most sentimental devotions . It must by now be apparent , I hope , that Dr. Johnson had much in common with the ...
... Johnson's Jacobitism was a sentimental sort of devotion to a lost cause , and was just about as sincere and profound as most sentimental devotions . It must by now be apparent , I hope , that Dr. Johnson had much in common with the ...
Contents
JUL | 12 |
WILLIAMS WELDON M The Influence of Ben Jonsons | 38 |
MOTTER T H VAIL Garrick and the Private Theatres | 63 |
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