Literary Influence in British History. An Historical Sketch

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Literary Influence in British History. An Historical Sketch
Albert Stratford George Canning
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Hence he proved, perhaps, as useful a champion as Christianity, especially its Anglican section, could have in England at a time of religious scepticism and a rather invidious ecclesiastical supremacy.
* See Macaulay's Essay on " Ranke's History. " t See Lecky's praise of Paley's works. "England m the iBth Century, " Vol. Sth.
176 CHAPTER X.
DOCTOR JOHNSON.
WHILE Adam Smith, Blackstone, and Paley wrote chiefly for British states- men, lawyers, and theologians, the celebrated Dr. Samuel Johnson
...(1709-1784) living mostly in London, addressed English people generally, like Addison, through literary magazines, as well as separate works. His " Lounger" and " Rambler, " however, never had the Spectator's previous popularity. His best and most lasting works, beside his Dictionary, are his " Lives of the Poets, " and the short poems, " London, " and " Vanity of Human Wishes. " His edition of " Shakspere, " though valuable when published and made a college prize-book, has been completely surpassed in value by recent English and German versions.

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