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But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him
so much disquiet , as , for a time , disordered his understanding ; and Butler
lampooned him for his lunacy . I know not whether the malignant lines were then
made ...
But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him
so much disquiet , as , for a time , disordered his understanding ; and Butler
lampooned him for his lunacy . I know not whether the malignant lines were then
made ...
Pagina 5
not whether the malignant lines were then made publick , nor what provocation
incited Butler to do that which no provocation can excuse . His phrensy lasted not
longb ; and he seems to have regained his full force of mind ; for he wrote ...
not whether the malignant lines were then made publick , nor what provocation
incited Butler to do that which no provocation can excuse . His phrensy lasted not
longb ; and he seems to have regained his full force of mind ; for he wrote ...
Pagina 6
His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious
character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of
tracing word by word and line by line . Those are the labour'd births of slavish
brains ...
His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious
character of a good translator : That servile path thou nobly dost decline , Of
tracing word by word and line by line . Those are the labour'd births of slavish
brains ...
Pagina 7
The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was not ,
at that time , generally known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last ,
and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical ...
The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was not ,
at that time , generally known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last ,
and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical ...
Pagina 8
The lines , are , in themselves , not perfect ; for most of the words , thus artfully
opposed , are to be understood simply on one side of the comparison , and
metaphorically on the other ; and , if there be any language which does not
express ...
The lines , are , in themselves , not perfect ; for most of the words , thus artfully
opposed , are to be understood simply on one side of the comparison , and
metaphorically on the other ; and , if there be any language which does not
express ...
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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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