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'The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted arises therefore not from any credulous confidence in the superior wisdom of past ages, but is the consequence of acknowledged and indubitable positions, that what has longest been known has been most considered, and what is most considered is best understood.' Identify the author and the text:
- 1John Dryden: An Essay on Dramatic Poesy
- 2Alexander Pope: An Essay on Criticism
- 3John Dennis: The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry
- 4Samuel Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare✓
Correct answer
Samuel Johnson: Preface to Shakespeare
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