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Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.

The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ... - Page xiii
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Rasselas: Poems, and Selected Prose

Samuel Johnson - Authors - 1958 - 646 pages

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Design for Preaching

H. Grady Davis - Religion - 2003 - 324 pages

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Collected Essays

Allen Tate - American literature - 1959 - 604 pages

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A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 2

David Daiches - English literature - 1960 - 652 pages

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The Restoration: drama; Dryden

David Daiches - English literature - 1960 - 648 pages

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The School of Donne

Alfred Alvarez - English poetry - 1961 - 212 pages

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Discussions of John Donne

Frank Kermode - 1962 - 226 pages

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English Literary Criticism: Restoration and 18th Century

Samuel Hynes - Criticism - 1963 - 344 pages

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Alms for Oblivion: Essays

Edward Dahlberg - American literature - 1964 - 177 pages

...handsaw." And we have another slice of Johnsonian diction in the following that Tate cites: "These writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts were always analytic;...

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Specimens of English Poetry and Prose: Wybor Poezji i Prozy ..., Volumes 1-2

Stanisław Helsztyński - English literature - 1964 - 632 pages

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