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He was , afterwards , employed in carrying on the king's correspondence ; and ,
as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and , being
accidentally discovered by the adverse party's knowledge of Mr. Cowley's hand ...
He was , afterwards , employed in carrying on the king's correspondence ; and ,
as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and , being
accidentally discovered by the adverse party's knowledge of Mr. Cowley's hand ...
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Sometimes the weight of rhyme is laid upon a word too feeble to sustain it : Troy
confounded falls From all her glories : if it might have stood By any power , by this
right hand it shou'd . And though my outward state misfortune hath Deprest thus ...
Sometimes the weight of rhyme is laid upon a word too feeble to sustain it : Troy
confounded falls From all her glories : if it might have stood By any power , by this
right hand it shou'd . And though my outward state misfortune hath Deprest thus ...
Pagina 22
Holstenius , the keeper of the vatican library , who had resided three years at
Oxford , introduced him to cardinal Barberini ; and he , at a musical entertainment
, waited for him at the door , and led him by the hand into the assembly .
Holstenius , the keeper of the vatican library , who had resided three years at
Oxford , introduced him to cardinal Barberini ; and he , at a musical entertainment
, waited for him at the door , and led him by the hand into the assembly .
Pagina 31
Sometimes he tries to be humorous : “ Lest I should take him for some chaplain in
hand , some squire of the body to his prelate , one who serves not at the altar
only , but at the court - cupboard , he will bestow on us a pretty model of himself ...
Sometimes he tries to be humorous : “ Lest I should take him for some chaplain in
hand , some squire of the body to his prelate , one who serves not at the altar
only , but at the court - cupboard , he will bestow on us a pretty model of himself ...
Pagina 37
... as , immediately before his death , to pop into the hands of the grave bishop
that attended him , as a special relique of his saintly exercises , a prayer , stolen
word for word , from the mouth of a heathen woman , praying to a heathen god ?
... as , immediately before his death , to pop into the hands of the grave bishop
that attended him , as a special relique of his saintly exercises , a prayer , stolen
word for word , from the mouth of a heathen woman , praying to a heathen god ?
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| Titolo | The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autore | Samuel Johnson |
| Editore | Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Indiana University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 gen 2009 |
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