The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 28
... believe , is a small history of poetry , written in Latin by his nephew Philips , of which , perhaps , none of my readers has ever heard ' . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great ...
... believe , is a small history of poetry , written in Latin by his nephew Philips , of which , perhaps , none of my readers has ever heard ' . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great ...
Pagina 63
... believe his faculties to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the seasons was , at least , more reasonable than his dread of decaying nature , or a frigid zone ; for general causes must operate uni- formly in a general ...
... believe his faculties to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the seasons was , at least , more reasonable than his dread of decaying nature , or a frigid zone ; for general causes must operate uni- formly in a general ...
Pagina 71
... believe , and which is universally rejected , it is difficult to con- jecture . The style is harsh ; but it has something of rough vigour , which , perhaps , may often strike , though it cannot please . On this history the licenser ...
... believe , and which is universally rejected , it is difficult to con- jecture . The style is harsh ; but it has something of rough vigour , which , perhaps , may often strike , though it cannot please . On this history the licenser ...
Pagina 75
... : sed quid si parva , qua et summi sæpe tum pace tum bello viri fuere , quanquam parva cur dicitur , quæ ad virtutem satis magna est . " Defensio Secunda . ED . been eminently skilful . His weapon was , I believe 75 MILTON.
... : sed quid si parva , qua et summi sæpe tum pace tum bello viri fuere , quanquam parva cur dicitur , quæ ad virtutem satis magna est . " Defensio Secunda . ED . been eminently skilful . His weapon was , I believe 75 MILTON.
Pagina 76
Samuel Johnson. been eminently skilful . His weapon was , I believe , not the rapier , but the backsword , of which he rec- ommends the use in his book on education . His eyes are said never to have been bright ; but , if he was a ...
Samuel Johnson. been eminently skilful . His weapon was , I believe , not the rapier , but the backsword , of which he rec- ommends the use in his book on education . His eyes are said never to have been bright ; but , if he was a ...
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