The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 215
... possession , they seldom suffer their thoughts to wander to the past or future ; none but a few solitary students have leisure to in- quire into the claims of ancient heroes or sages ; and names which hoped to range over kingdoms and ...
... possession , they seldom suffer their thoughts to wander to the past or future ; none but a few solitary students have leisure to in- quire into the claims of ancient heroes or sages ; and names which hoped to range over kingdoms and ...
Pagina 257
... possession of his fortune , I opened his closet , where I found a will , made at his first arrival , by which my father was appointed the chief inheritor , and nothing was left me but a legacy sufficient to support me in the prosecution ...
... possession of his fortune , I opened his closet , where I found a will , made at his first arrival , by which my father was appointed the chief inheritor , and nothing was left me but a legacy sufficient to support me in the prosecution ...
Pagina 313
... possession ; and he that teaches another to long for what he never shall obtain , is no less an enemy to his quiet , than if he had robbed him of part of his patrimony . But representations thus refined exhibit no ade- quate idea of the ...
... possession ; and he that teaches another to long for what he never shall obtain , is no less an enemy to his quiet , than if he had robbed him of part of his patrimony . But representations thus refined exhibit no ade- quate idea of the ...
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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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