The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , 2 COWLEY .
... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , 2 COWLEY .
Pagina 3
... tell that he could not learn the rules ; but that , being able to perform his exercises without them , and being an " enemy to constraint , " he spared himself the labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be ...
... tell that he could not learn the rules ; but that , being able to perform his exercises without them , and being an " enemy to constraint , " he spared himself the labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be ...
Pagina 6
... tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate in some mea- sure the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an elabo ...
... tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate in some mea- sure the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an elabo ...
Pagina 8
... tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as ...
... tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as ...
Pagina 18
... tell , cannot however now be known ; I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement . * Now in the possession of Mr. Clark , Alderman of London . Dr. J.-Mr ...
... tell , cannot however now be known ; I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement . * Now in the possession of Mr. Clark , Alderman of London . Dr. J.-Mr ...
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