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... creative work , frequently focussing on the imaginative act itself . As Johnson entered the great decade which ... creative writer . While ' creative ' work admittedly forms only a small fraction of Johnson's published achievement 2 ...
... creative work , frequently focussing on the imaginative act itself . As Johnson entered the great decade which ... creative writer . While ' creative ' work admittedly forms only a small fraction of Johnson's published achievement 2 ...
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... creative writing on its own was quite inadequate to satisfy Johnson's idea of a fitting achievement in literature ' ; to evoke the kind of dignified pride which resounds in the Preface , announcing how the Dictionary was ' written with ...
... creative writing on its own was quite inadequate to satisfy Johnson's idea of a fitting achievement in literature ' ; to evoke the kind of dignified pride which resounds in the Preface , announcing how the Dictionary was ' written with ...
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... creative output disappeared . When his next compilation was begun , The Lives of the Poets , there is an ( admittedly slight ) trickle of English verse once again . There seems to be more to this than just a matter of Johnson getting ...
... creative output disappeared . When his next compilation was begun , The Lives of the Poets , there is an ( admittedly slight ) trickle of English verse once again . There seems to be more to this than just a matter of Johnson getting ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
Copyright | |
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