The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... numbers were not small , the success of this negotiation gives suffi- cient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to Eng ...
... numbers were not small , the success of this negotiation gives suffi- cient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to Eng ...
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... numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He seems to have been , at least among us , the author of a species of composition that may ...
... numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He seems to have been , at least among us , the author of a species of composition that may ...
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... numbers , his versification ought to be considered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation of a man of judgment naturally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice , as he ...
... numbers , his versification ought to be considered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation of a man of judgment naturally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice , as he ...
Pagina 50
... numbers . He had done what he knew to be necessary previous to poetical excellence ; he had made himself acquainted with seemly arts and affairs ; " his comprehension was extended by various knowledge , and his memory stored with ...
... numbers . He had done what he knew to be necessary previous to poetical excellence ; he had made himself acquainted with seemly arts and affairs ; " his comprehension was extended by various knowledge , and his memory stored with ...
Pagina 64
... number . " These bursts of light , and involutions of darkness , these transient and involuntary excursions and retro- cessions of invention , having some appearance of deviation from the common train of nature , are eagerly caught by ...
... number . " These bursts of light , and involutions of darkness , these transient and involuntary excursions and retro- cessions of invention , having some appearance of deviation from the common train of nature , are eagerly caught by ...
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