The Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.: With Critical Observations On His Works
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.: With Critical Observations On His Works
Robert Anderson
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Jn that i^aractert he describes the mUecies of idleaess, with the lively sensatiAPS qC oae wha has Mi tketOf and exhibits admirable iiiataA» ces oC grave humoury of which he had aa un- comiiuHi share. The aim. of the Idler is to cenvegr Instvoctiaa by the iaventioa of plea9^ 11^ fictions^ and the representation of hmno* rons chanot^rs ; but be occasionallj mingles the dacisiona of criticism with the delineations af &ncy. He stiU oontianea his 'obsenratioas on life and ^aaners^ and emj^ys tbe po...wers of rtesoa and eloquence in inculcating nu>ra«> Stgr and pie^ ; but he seldom diaph^ pro- tolditgr of 4uNf^ ; and often descends Uk OMMMMI ctwmvenfiesk mid the. tqpics of ^ BoiwdFs liSi^ &c vol h p« ^392. £64 THB LIFB OF the dajr. The Idler is evidently tiie work of the same mind that produced the Resmbler i but it is written with abated rigour of thought and expriession, and greater ease and facility of language. In the /
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