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Pagina 6
... Of tracing word by word and line by line . Those are the labour'd births of
slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose
narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words , A new and
nobler way ...
... Of tracing word by word and line by line . Those are the labour'd births of
slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose
narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words , A new and
nobler way ...
Pagina 8
... that the passage , however celebrated , has not been praised above its merit . It
has beauty peculiar to itself , and must be numbered among those felicities which
cannot be produced at will by wit and labour , but must rise unexpectedly in ...
... that the passage , however celebrated , has not been praised above its merit . It
has beauty peculiar to itself , and must be numbered among those felicities which
cannot be produced at will by wit and labour , but must rise unexpectedly in ...
Pagina 22
him in his own opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , “ by labour and
intense study , which , says he , “ I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a
strong propensity of nature , ” he might “ leave something so written to aftertimes ,
as ...
him in his own opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , “ by labour and
intense study , which , says he , “ I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a
strong propensity of nature , ” he might “ leave something so written to aftertimes ,
as ...
Pagina 27
Let me not be censured for this digression , as pedantick or paradoxical ; for , if I
have Milton against me , I have Socrates on my side . It was his labour to turn
philosophy from the study of nature to speculations upon life ; but the innovators ...
Let me not be censured for this digression , as pedantick or paradoxical ; for , if I
have Milton against me , I have Socrates on my side . It was his labour to turn
philosophy from the study of nature to speculations upon life ; but the innovators ...
Pagina 31
... he will bestow on us a pretty model of himself ; and sets me out half a dozen
ptisical mottoes , wherever he had them , hopping short in the measure of
convulsion fits ; in which labour the agony of his wit having escaped narrowly ,
instead of ...
... he will bestow on us a pretty model of himself ; and sets me out half a dozen
ptisical mottoes , wherever he had them , hopping short in the measure of
convulsion fits ; in which labour the agony of his wit having escaped narrowly ,
instead of ...
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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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