The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 5
... nature , or by early habits , debarred from it . Nothing is less exhilarating than the ludicrousness of Denham ; he does not fail for want of efforts ; he is familiar , he is gross ; but he is never merry , unless the Speech against ...
... nature , or by early habits , debarred from it . Nothing is less exhilarating than the ludicrousness of Denham ; he does not fail for want of efforts ; he is familiar , he is gross ; but he is never merry , unless the Speech against ...
Pagina 22
... nature , " he might " leave something so written to aftertimes , as they should not willingly let it die . " " It ... natural and beautiful . From Florence he went to Sienna , and from Sienna to Rome , where he was again received with ...
... nature , " he might " leave something so written to aftertimes , as they should not willingly let it die . " " It ... natural and beautiful . From Florence he went to Sienna , and from Sienna to Rome , where he was again received with ...
Pagina 26
... nature , and the sciences which that knowledge re- quires 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 or pleasing , the first ...
... nature , and the sciences which that knowledge re- quires 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 or pleasing , the first ...
Pagina 27
... nature to speculations upon life ; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to nature . They seem to think , that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants , or the motions of the stars . Socrates was ...
... nature to speculations upon life ; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to nature . They seem to think , that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants , or the motions of the stars . Socrates was ...
Pagina 34
... nature , more in- clinable to reconciliation than to perseverance in anger or revenge , and partly the strong intercession of friends on both sides , soon brought him to an act of oblivion and a firm league of peace . " It were in ...
... nature , more in- clinable to reconciliation than to perseverance in anger or revenge , and partly the strong intercession of friends on both sides , soon brought him to an act of oblivion and a firm league of peace . " It were in ...
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