The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 160
... influence of example , the desire of applause , and the dread of censure , obstruct the natural tendencies of the mind , and check the fancy in its first efforts to break forth into experiments of caprice . Few inclinations are so ...
... influence of example , the desire of applause , and the dread of censure , obstruct the natural tendencies of the mind , and check the fancy in its first efforts to break forth into experiments of caprice . Few inclinations are so ...
Pagina 246
... influence : no hour is de- voted wholly to any present enjoyment , no act or purpose terminates in itself , but every motion is referred to some distant end ; the accomplishment of one design begins another , and the ultimate wish is ...
... influence : no hour is de- voted wholly to any present enjoyment , no act or purpose terminates in itself , but every motion is referred to some distant end ; the accomplishment of one design begins another , and the ultimate wish is ...
Pagina 327
... influence . They who once pursued me , were now satisfied to escape from me ; and they who had before thought me presumptuous in hoping to over- take them , had now their utmost wish , if they were permitted , at no great distance ...
... influence . They who once pursued me , were now satisfied to escape from me ; and they who had before thought me presumptuous in hoping to over- take them , had now their utmost wish , if they were permitted , at no great distance ...
Sommario
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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