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merit in the essays but rather to the fact that he has no ,

capital work with whi ch to support them ; for his poems and
dramas are deserve dl y forgotten and in connexion with the ,

voyages we thi nk rather o f Cook than o f Haw k s w o r t h e .

No w very f e w authors have succeeded in winning permanent

fame by reason o f fugitive essays I n The A dve n tur er more .
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over Haw k s w o r t h is crushed under the weight of Johnson

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though he S hows himself for the purpose in View the b etter , ,

writer of the two H w k s w o r t h deliberately imitated John . a e

son and thi s fact may have disposed the latter the more
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readily to collaborate with him But while he is Johnsonian .

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in style hi s touch is lighter and his themes more varied than

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essayists is the champion o f religion inculcates milder

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manners and in the excellent paper (No 5 ) o n various forms

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o f cruelty advocates like F iel di ng kindness to the animal

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creation Th S pecial feature o f The Adve n tur e r however is

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the frequency with which it resorts to the short story ; and

it w s here espe ciall y in the Eastern tale that Haw k e s wo r t h
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and Western in the earlier perio dicals ; Johnson hi mself

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introduces several Eastern ones into The R bler ; b ut in am

none o f the earlier papers were they so numerous as in The

A dve tu e n and none o f the periodical essayists has excelled
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Ha w k s wo r t h in S kill in the construction o f them

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E astern tales are worthy o f praise ; but perhaps the b est is

that of the avaricious C z an While Haw k e s w o r t h h as ara .

nothi ng that can be s e t beside the x q is it e D Coverley .

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papers Ca z n is quite worthy t f placed beside the

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Deity is impressive
Ca r z n thy wors hi p has n o t b een accepted b e c ause it
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was not prompted by love o f G od ; neither can thy righteous

ness be rewarded because it was not produced by love o f ,