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His phrensy lasted not longb ; and he seems to have regained his full force of
mind ; for he wrote afterwards his excellent poem upon the death of Cowley ,
whom he was not long to survive ; for , on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was
buried by ...
His phrensy lasted not longb ; and he seems to have regained his full force of
mind ; for he wrote afterwards his excellent poem upon the death of Cowley ,
whom he was not long to survive ; for , on the 19th of March , 1668 , he was
buried by ...
Pagina 15
Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled
Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ,
a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two psalms , 114
...
Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled
Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ,
a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two psalms , 114
...
Pagina 18
He went to the university with a design of entering into the church , but in time
altered his mind ; for he declared , that whoever became a clergyman must “
subscribe slave , and take an oath withal , which , unless he took with a
conscience that ...
He went to the university with a design of entering into the church , but in time
altered his mind ; for he declared , that whoever became a clergyman must “
subscribe slave , and take an oath withal , which , unless he took with a
conscience that ...
Pagina 26
... that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge
requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human
mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we wish to be
useful ...
... that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge
requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human
mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we wish to be
useful ...
Pagina 36
Philips , evidently impatient of viewing him in this state of degradation , tells us
that it was not long continued ; and , to raise his character again , has a mind to
invest him with military splendour : “ He is much mistaken , ” he says , “ if there
was ...
Philips , evidently impatient of viewing him in this state of degradation , tells us
that it was not long continued ; and , to raise his character again , has a mind to
invest him with military splendour : “ He is much mistaken , ” he says , “ if there
was ...
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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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