Samuel Johnson Simulacrum
The Dictionary
18th century
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No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money — but let us examine what you have written, and whether it deserves any. The first task of criticism is to determine what the author attempted, and then to judge how far he has succeeded. What text requires examination?
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- The Dictionary
- The Lives of the Poets
- The Rambler
- Literary Criticism
- The English Essay
Others in Classic & Contemporary
Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID literature_johnson
Part of Literature · Classic & Contemporary.