The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 57
... greater part of students are not born with abilities to construct systems , or advance knowl- edge ; nor can have any hope beyond that of be- coming intelligent hearers in the schools of art , of being able to comprehend what others ...
... greater part of students are not born with abilities to construct systems , or advance knowl- edge ; nor can have any hope beyond that of be- coming intelligent hearers in the schools of art , of being able to comprehend what others ...
Pagina 141
... greater , far the greater number , follow the track which others have beaten , without any curiosity after new discoveries , or am- bition of trusting themselves to their own conduct . And 141 THE RAMBLER.
... greater , far the greater number , follow the track which others have beaten , without any curiosity after new discoveries , or am- bition of trusting themselves to their own conduct . And 141 THE RAMBLER.
Pagina 244
... greater and greater degrees of probability , but at last become cold and insensible to the charms of falsehood , however specious , and , from the imita- tions of truth , which are never perfect , transfer our affection to truth itself ...
... greater and greater degrees of probability , but at last become cold and insensible to the charms of falsehood , however specious , and , from the imita- tions of truth , which are never perfect , transfer our affection to truth itself ...
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The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser | 56 |
A criticism on the English historians | 62 |
The young trader turned gentleman | 69 |
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